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Some years, size matters. Remember Josh, the Newfoundland the size of a minivan, which took the top prize four years ago? Some years are precious and prim, a papillon with attitude. But in this age of Authenticity, the beagle romped past the poodles, all fluffed and clipped, and the terrier, whose kin have taken Best in Show more than 40 times. Sometimes change beats experience. "I'm lucky to be at the end of his leash," said his trainer, Aaron Wilkerson, as Uno proceeded to chew on the microphones of reporters hoping for an interview...
...something big was happening in Canada in 2007. The economy boomed even as that of its southern neighbor showed signs of cooling. The engines of Canadian growth are shifting from the traditional heartland, Ontario and Quebec, to the resource-rich regions of the West and Newfoundland. In 2007, some Canadians won. Some lost. Or, as the Canadian Press put it in September: "High Loonie Is Bad for Canadian Pigs, Good for American Lettuce...
...Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, Alvin has made more than 4,120 dives to date. Among the most celebrated: recovering a lost hydrogen bomb in the 1960s and leading explorer Robert Ballard to the remains of the Titanic in nearly 13,000 ft. of water, off Newfoundland, in 1986. Froehlich...
...cost to your term bill is the default option. If wayward partygoers do any damage to your dorm room, you’ll be covered at the end of the year. Mom and Dad will cover the holes in the walls, excessive spills on the carpet, and the dead Newfoundland in your shower, as all repairs are term-billed. No country club would be complete without drugs. You can get lots of them from University Health Services (UHS). And rest assured, all pharmacy items can be paid for with the term bill. But perhaps the best use of the term...
...than six months to recruit delegates and build a campaign team--one reason that pressure is already building for hopefuls to declare themselves. Former Justice Minister Martin Cauchon was among the first to sniff the winds: he called a prospective supporter (unsuccessfully) three times for lunch. Others, like former Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin, powerful Toronto-area M.P.s Maurizio Bevilacqua and Joe Volpe and former hockey great Ken Dryden, are allowing speculation to float about their prospective candidacies. Still others are lurking on the sidelines, including former Harvard professor Michael Ignatieff, who, as a political novice, won a hard-fought race...