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NAMED. RUFUS, 5, a colored bull terrier; as Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, making him the first bull terrier to win dog breeding's most prestigious contest; in New York. The frisky tan-and-white underdog, nicknamed "Puppyhead," beat out six other finalists, including classic crowd-pleasing family dogs such as a golden retriever and an Old English sheepdog. Kathy Kirk, his beaming handler, said, "We're going to have to buy him a steak somewhere...
...Sometimes the incidents aren't even true. Franklin Roosevelt was pilloried for allegedly spending millions by sending a Navy destroyer to pick up his little dog Fala, a Scottish Terrier, who was rumored to have been accidentally left on one of the Aleutian islands. The President pushed back with humor in his famous Fala speech while talking to the Teamsters Union. Roosevelt said that he and his family expected criticism but that Fala was not used to this. "His Scotch soul was furious...
...Eagles beat Northeastern 5-2 in last night’s first game, and the Huskies will play the Harvard in the early game next week.In front of 17,565 fans in the arena that the Boston Bruins call home, Harvard could only manage three goals despite outshooting the Terriers 41-26 in the game and 25-6 in the third period.“I thought we were prepared for this,” captain Peter Hafner said. “We came out strong in the third but it was a story that’s happened...
BOSTON—Entering this, the 54th annual Beanpot tournament, Boston University had won 11 consecutive first-round games. And in last night’s opener against Harvard in TD Banknorth Garden, the Terriers led for all but the first 83 seconds en route to a 5-3 triumph and yet another first-Monday-in-February victory. “I thought we were ready for this,” said Crimson captain Peter Hafner. “I thought we were confident going in.” But the numbers are cruel, really. There are the 12 straight...
...professor typically wakes up in his 1930s brick colonial in Wellesley between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. to take his border terrier Tobin for a walk. Tobin, who is named after Nobel Prize-winning economist James Tobin, is the brown-furred successor to Keynes, Mankiw’s last dog. The real-life Tobin was a follower of economist John Maynard Keynes, as well...