The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1977 Page: 4 of 20
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How about taking it to the
races, or buying it a
Christmas stocking, or
perhaps even taking it to your
office everyday?
These are the suggestions of
Carol Benjamin, a dog trainer
who is currently writing a
book on 25 ways to, as she puts
it, "pleasure your dog."
Benjamin suggests that dog
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the family, and even throw
parties for their dogs. She says
that people get a kick out of
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Hell eat up the attention as
well as his once a year gooey
birthday cake."
Benjamin'o final advice on
how to make your pooch
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name, but never name any
dog, male or female, 'Lady'."
(ZNS) The government in
Singapore has launched a
crackdown on journalists and
foreign correspondents who
are accused of reporting
stories that are harmful to the
government.
Singapore's president has
never been an ardent
supporter of the press. He once
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instruments, ancient modes of
torture, specially graduated to
inflict pain more excrucia-
tingly than the journalists
inflict on politicians."
With those "electronic"
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bold and fearless critic into a
willing and compliant
sycophant."
(ZNS) If you want to lick
the cockroach problem, just
throw away your pesticides
and buy a lizard instead.
Three New York University
students report that just three
months after purchasing a
lizard named "Geeko" for a
mere $10, their cockroach
population has dwindled
rapidly.
Marlene Matarese explains:
"We had so many cockroaches
the kitchen sink was black at
night...they were so confident
they didn't even move when
you turned on the light."
The students report the only
drawback to Geeko, who took
up residence under their
refrigerator, is that he
sometimes keeps tnem awake
at night by "crunching on" the
insects.
(ZNS) According to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture,
there are no longer any poor
people in the United States.
The U.S.D.A. has been able
to rid America of the poor by
changing its official term for
poverty from poor people to
"limited-resource families."
(ZNS) A two-year study has
found that most people tune in
the television news, not to
become better informed, but to
be "amused," "entertained,"
"diverted," and "reassured."
Sociology professor Mark
Levy of the State University of
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the rice thresher, april 28, 1977 page 4
New York at Albany says that
interviews with 240 scienti-
fically-selected adult TV
viewers has found that most
watchers prefer newscasters
who can joke while telling the
news.
According to the survey,
three-fourths of the public said
they like TV news because it is
often "very funny." More than
half said that the news help
them relax, and 40 percent
reported it actually helps them
fall asleep.
Almost two out of three of
those surveyed also described
news as "comforting" because
they said it showed them that
their own lives, by compari-
son, aren't so bad after all.
(ZNS) Students who drink
beer while studying should
also down a few more brews
before taking final exams.
This is a suggestion from
Doctor Ronald Petersen in a
report on student test results to
an experimental biology
meeting in Chicago.
Petersen seud he has found
that students who learned
specific facts after using
certain drugs or alcohol could
later remember those facts
while under the influence of
the same drug or alcohol.
According to the doctor, it's
easier to recall a fact if you're
in the same^drug condition as
you were when you learned it.
(ZNS) If a Connecticut
Congressman has his way, the
complicated 1040 Federal
Income Tax Form may finally
be reduced to child's play.
Representative Christopher
Dodd has asked author Ann
Petry of Old Saybrook,
Connecticut, to simplify the
tax form. Until this assign-
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writing children's books.
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a good summer.
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McFarland, Carla. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1977, newspaper, April 28, 1977; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245337/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.