Word: spaniel
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...every sportsman, there are certain moments when the elements of his pastime come together perfectly. The canoe breaks through the rapids. The marlin leaps. The spaniel flushes the grouse. For Duane Spooner, a North Dakota gunsmith, this ideal moment involves a rifle, a scope and a deadly long-range shot at his favorite quarry, the prairie dog. "The head goes one way," says Spooner, grinning, "the tail goes the other way, and everything in between just disappears." Spooner's son Eric, 16, shares his dad's enthusiasm. "It's relaxing," he says. "I like seeing how high they...
...show that quality day care can enrich young children--especially those born into poverty. But underneath her attitude, Schlessinger is making an important point: too many "upwardly mobile" adults bear children not with a sense of lifelong commitment, but rather in the way they might buy a King Charles spaniel or some other neat accessory to their well-appointed lives. And too many assume that nannies can play the same accessory-tending role as dog walkers and gardeners...
...llama as a subscriber." Pet lovers everywhere can rejoice, but let's just hope human health care doesn't fall by the wayside in favor of lower-cost veterinary care - or we could be sending an uninsured kid off to a doctor's appointment dressed up as a cocker spaniel...