Word: veterinarian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Taylors bid for the big dark bay on the advice of a friend, Veterinarian James Hill. His backstretcher's eye had spotted something special in the gangly colt. The three retired to a motel room and a bottle of bourbon for the joyful chore of naming No. 128 and toasting future victories. They settled on Seattle Slew-after the sibilant city closest to the Taylors' home in White Swan, Wash, (pop. 400), and the swampy Florida bottom lands, or slews, where Hill was raised. Since then, Seattle Slew has given the Taylors seven occasions to hoist a glass...
...They are "poor cousins," as Washington State's Bustad bluntly concedes, with aging, hand-me-down facilities, antique equipment and low budgets. Few state legislatures, which provide most of the vet schools' funds, seem willing or able to increase their aid. Yet the cost of educating a veterinarian-now $48,000 or more for the basic four-year program -has doubled in the past decade...
...House subcommittee appropriated $10 million for construction of the proposed Tufts New England Medical Center veterinarian school last Monday, and yesterday the New England Regional Commission appropriated and additional $100,000 for the school...
...story takes place in the American West in the 1870s. A French immigrant wife (Genevieve Bujold) arrives by stagecoach in dusty Arizona. After cleaning up in a steaming pay tub (a cold bath costs 50 and a hot bath 100), she meets and becomes involved with a young veterinarian (James Caan). LeLouch says he nearly called it A Man, A Woman...
...that she wants to go into nursing, John Cassisi says that while acting, he was "in euphoria. You know, I'm only 14, and I think I own the picture." He is already talking about turning pro, and so is his pal Scott, who is also keeping a veterinarian career in mind in case things do not work out. This slightly skeptical and eminently practical attitude probably has its origins in Scott's first taste of traditional show biz heartbreak. "You know," he says, "I wanted to keep my hat from the movie. But they wouldn...