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Going to the dogs with style
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`For me," writes the Nobel Prize-winning ethologist Konrad
Lorenz, "the dog days could not be better named, because I make a
habit of spending them in the exclusive company of my dog. When I am
fed to the teeth with brain work, when clever talk and politeness
nearly drive me distracted . . . then I decide to `go to the dogs.' "
Despite their blissful laziness, the Austrian scientist's summer
rambles have also given him lots of chances to study the quirks of
animal behavior - and to...
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Authorette: The writer Behind the political blog 'Wonkette' brings us 'dog days' -- a novel with little bite and even less bark
Chicago Sun-Times
; Washington ought to be a wonderful subject for fiction; there's so much of it in town. The city has characters to spare. Gosh knows there are plots. But good novels about Washington are scarce: Democracy, by Henry Adams; Allen Drury's admirable doorstop Advise and Consent; Shelley's Heart and Lucky
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Dog Days: An Animal Chronicle
African Studies Review
; Patrice Nganang. Dog Days: An Animal Chronicle. Translated from the French and with an afterword by Amy Baram Reid. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006. (Originally published as Temps de chien: chronique animate: roman. Paris: Serpent plumes, 2001). vii + 232 pp. Glossary.
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No 'Dog Days' for Canine Chic. (Review).(Brief Article)
Multichannel News
; What happens when you take six dogs and their owners, follow them around Manhattan, and inject The Real World-style sensibilities and graphics? You unleash Animal Planet's new series, Dog Days. Each episode trails a handful of New Yorkers as they ridiculously pamper their pooches with everything
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Dog Days.(continuing education for nurses)(Brief Article)
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
; Ah, the dog days of summer that time of year when days drift by slowly, and it's hard to find the energy to do anything. Days and nights all blend into one. Nurses have dog days in their careers too--times when they coast along, doing things the same way, with no motivation to change. These dog
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`Dog days of summer' means get ready for some heat
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Storm Team 4 `Dog days of summer' means get ready for some heat By PAUL ZANDT Today's TMJ4, Meteorologist Sunday, July 15, 2001 Get ready for the "dog days of summer!" Chances are, that is an expression you have heard before -- one that refers to the warmest period of summer, usually from mid-July
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T-shirts prove Dog Days endurance.
Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas)
; Byline: Laura Mchugh Aug. 11--The rules are simple. If you've made your 26 times fair and square, then you get a T-shirt, Don Red Dog Gardner said. But the road is rough. We sprinted a lot, ran, did stairs, jumping jacks, volleyball jumps, said Jenica Wessels, who participated in Dog Days, daily
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Political satire's all bark, no bite in 'Dog Days' Blog star stumbles with debut
Rocky Mountain News
; ... posts her sexual escapades with D.C. bigwigs. Her goal is to create a diversion from the smear campaign during the slow summer news cycle. But what the blogosphere giveth. it doth take away, and the plan ultimately backfires spectacularly. Dog Days isn't sure ...
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Ready or not, `dog days of summer' are soon here. (Views and opinions).(Brief Article)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
; Ah, at last. The dog days of summer are soon upon us. For the record, this period traditionally begins July 3 and ends approximately August 15--give or take a few hot, sticky days before and thereafter. And, for the record, the ancient Romans are responsible for the term dog days. Be it folklore,
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Film reviews: Dog days
Evening News - Scotland
; Dog days (18) Filmhouse ORIGINALITY is worth loads. You can almost forgive Ulrich Seidl for making an unwatchable movie because it's so odd. Who else would ask a 60-year-old woman to do a striptease? The question is, why? Dog Days refers to the peak of summer, when heat hangs in air like oven
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SIRIUS BUSINESS, THESE HOT DOG DAYS.(Living)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
; Byline: Nick Clooney Spags and I were sitting on the front porch swing, waiting out another thunderstorm so she could take me for my afternoon walk. You know what I hate? she asked me. No. I hate it when you humans call these miserable, hot, sticky summer days, DOG DAYS. Well, actually -- Can you
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