Word: veterinarian
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...which he has transmuted his literary material into images can be seen in the actress's recollection of her first meeting with her lover, a veterinarian who had just treated her lap dog. Across a deserted lecture hall they exchange smoldering glances; lightly, almost accidentally, his hand brushes hers. The lighting is muted, their mood is solemn. The effect is that of domestic comedy played in the style of grand opera-a pitiless and economical way of emphasizing the gap between the actress's dreams and her everyday life...
...Dollar. Moccasin has overcome her share. As a yearling, she grew so fast that she was inclined to be lazy; to keep painful calcium deposits from forming in her ankles, she had to be "fired"-a process in which a veterinarian cauterizes the ankles with a hot iron. She has also had her share of bad racing luck. Last month, in a warmup race for the Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland, Moccasin broke so badly that she was ten lengths behind the field by the time she got untangled. She still won the 6½-furlong race by three lengths, repaying...
...flat nyet. And in Australia, if the dog has not resided in Ireland or Mother England for at least six months, it is destroyed on arrival. But in places like Italy, France, West Germany and Spain, all that is required for admission is such simple things as a veterinarian's certificate, plus a record of antirabies shots...
...Manhattan there was one who didn't: Regina Ruta, the Lithuanian-born blonde who was chosen Miss New York City last month and then disqualified because her U.S. citizenship had not yet come through. She announced that she is giving up beauty contests forever to become a veterinarian...
Some of those first implants are still going strong. But there have also been some failures, and with a series of grants from the National Institute of Dental Research, Dr. Hodosh has turned to animals to find out why. With Veterinarian Morris Povar and Pathologist Gerald Shklar, he has placed 125 implants in the mouths of monkeys and baboons...