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...guess the first time I noticed that boys are different from girls was shortly after I married. My wife had gone with me on what I thought would be a happy chore: buying a new stereo. We went to one of those electronics stores, the kind that has rack after rack of receivers attached to an infinite array of speakers. The men, heads cocked in concentration like prairie dogs before an approaching storm, stood in front of the speakers, which were turned up really, really loud. The women, including my wife, stood behind us, looking as if their teeth were...
...large irregular patches and splotches are less prone, but prize-winning Dalmatians have small spots on a large expanse of white coat - the genetic characteristics that accompany deafness. All these diseases create distress to dogs and owners, and as Dogs Today editor Beverley Cuddy notes, "It's possible to rack up huge bills at the vet without much trouble, as dogs become more unhealthy." The British bulldog, once used for bull-baiting and a national symbol of British endurance, is one of the most seriously afflicted breeds. As a result, endurance is no longer among the dog's most salient...
Mueller's resume, however, suggests he is tough enough for the burden. Although born to an affluent family and educated at Princeton, Mueller enlisted in the Marines in 1967 and earned a rack of medals for his Vietnam service. After law school at the University of Virginia and a stint in private practice, he became a federal prosecutor and then U.S. Attorney in Boston. "It seemed to me he stood head and shoulders above all the other persons mentioned," says Dick Thornburgh, the former Attorney General who tapped Mueller to become Assistant Attorney General for the criminal division...
...perfect distance for my young brown hound Otto, who is an utter maniac for retrieving stuff. The Slinger is nearly perfect in every respect. It even has what I think of as a "wife feature": it lets my spouse scoop slimy, post-retrieved balls into a built-in wire rack without having to sully her ivory hands...
Brotemarkle and Ram’s junior hurler Gwen Rack kept the scored at 0-0 until the eighth inning...