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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vietnamese potbellied porker, a miniature breed on the verge of becoming America's trendiest pet -- at least where zoning laws permit -- and one of its priciest (a well-bred sow reportedly sold for $34,000). About one-tenth the size of the average Hampshire pig, mature potbellies weigh from 70 lbs. to 150 lbs. and stand coffee-table tall. Bright and affectionate, the primarily dark gray or black porkers will happily feed on Purina Lab Mini- Pig Chow Grower, or on almost anything that falls off the dinner table. On the downside, they can outroot gophers in ruining a manicured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: This Little Piggy Ate Roast Beef | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Some brave swinophiles have taken full-size pigs as pets. In addition to their two Vietnamese potbellies, Raymond Sattler, a Wilmington, N.C., neurosurgeon, and his wife Debbie have a pair of champion Durocs, which currently weigh in at 700 lbs. apiece. It's just one pig-happy family, the doctor reports. "When we come home, it's impossible to watch the pigs and not just chuckle and feel better," says Sattler. "To be sitting in front of a fireplace with a bottle of wine, your wife and a pig is the ultimate in relaxation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: This Little Piggy Ate Roast Beef | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...Harvard does not weigh in as a heavy," says State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge). "It never tries to threaten passage of major legislation...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: Speaking Softly: | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

...will have to weigh his choices and come up with that which is the least disagreeable," McGrath said in an interview. Vatican officials have said they were urging Noriega to leave of his own accord...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First U.S. Troops Return From Panama | 1/3/1990 | See Source »

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