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Sniffed & Scrutinized. At the Rutgers-Cornell research center, people brought samples of spotted leaves and soil specimens, flooded the information booth with questions. Sample: How do you keep your neighbor's dog out of the tulip patch? The Rutgers student's wry reply: "Good fences make good nosegays." At the Burpee Co.'s seed counter, pretty salesgirls showed off the new topper snapdragons, which now come in every shade from lavender to orange. Other new seeds for the season: Burpee's new two-tone Whirligig zinnias and a Yellow Nugget marigold (see color pages), a large...
...TULIP by J. R. Ackerley. 159 pages. Fleet...
Published in England nine years ago and only now exported to these shores, My Dog Tulip divided dog lovers there into two neat halves: they either loved it or loathed it. Both responses are acceptable. There is no denying that Bachelor Ackerley has described with great literary skill, affection and wit the ties that often bind man to dog-in this case an Alsatian bitch. There is also no denying that Ackerley endlessly dwells on what some circles consider a dog's least lovable proclivities: elimination and procreation...
Since 1953, when he became Ratzeburg coach, Adam's piston-smooth crew has won eight German championships, three European titles, one world title (1962), an Olympic gold medal and an Olympic silver medal. Drawing on his experience as a physics teacher, he designed a tulip-shaped oar that gets a better bite on the water, conceived the idea of rigging the No. 4 and 5 oars on the starboard side of the shell to reduce veering. He also became the first coach to put his men on a weight-lifting regimen to build shoulder muscles. The only thing that...
Hindu goddess of destruction. His newest women are even more tulip-pink tarts, slathering in sensuality and seductive danger (see opposite), and yet they have brought collectors to his doorstep, checkbook in hand...