Word: crates
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...followed by an international public outcry, led chiefly by children, when it turned out that Willy in real life was Keiko, a sick and far from free whale. In January 1996, UPS helped pick up the tab for flying him in an ice-water-filled crate to a new home in Newport, Ore.--a $7.3 million pool, four times the size of the Mexican tank, with pumped-in, 37[degrees]F seawater deep enough to dive in. The pool was built with contributions from Warner Bros., the Humane Society of the U.S. and cell-phone tycoon Craig McCaw...
...Then I saw the ladder from the evacuation," Hank Meijer relates. "My first thought was, That's an important piece of history; perhaps I can pay somebody a few hundred bucks to weld it off with a blowtorch, then crate it up and ship it back to Michigan for display at the Ford Museum." He resisted, but when he returned to Grand Rapids and told his father about the ladder, Fred Meijer was captivated, and determined to put those "18 steps to freedom" on permanent display before the American people. He figured his fellow board members at the Ford Foundation...
...crate or kennel anywhere. At night pampered pooches stay in a three-bedroom Bed and Biscuit Inn, complete with windows, kitchen and a family room with TV. There are five beds in each room, and, for an extra charge, a "Bed Buddy" from the staff will stay overnight with dogs accustomed to sleeping with humans. Basic boarding is $45 a day; with behavior and obedience classes, the weekly fee is $500. (Telephone...