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...function," says Brian Kilcommons, a dog trainer in Middletown, New York."Styles come in vogue. The competition at dog shows is geared almost exclusively to looks." This focus on beauty above all means that attractive but unhealthy animals have been encouraged to reproduce -- a sort of survival of the unfittest. The result is a national canine-health crisis, from which few breeds have escaped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Terrible Beauty | 12/12/1994 | See Source »

...brought out all the irony, all the spirit, and all the easy-going-live-and-let-live character of Madge's aged and indigent composer-father: the top performance of the evening. Another competent oldster was Frank Thomas as T. Rogers Holt--up from below, the "survival of the unfittest," as father Graham puts...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 12/10/1936 | See Source »

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