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1976 college football season

At the Sugar Bowl, Pitt quarterback Matt Cavanaugh passed for 192 yards, and Dorsett had 32 carries for 202 yards, overcoming Georgia's heralded "Junkyard Dogs" defense.

2010 student protest in Dublin

After viewing video footage of the disorder MEP Joe Higgins said: "The use of Garda horses and dogs against student protesters in Dublin on Wednesday is an outrageous abuse of the right to protest. The intention was clearly to intimidate peaceful protesters and it is an utter scandal They should never again be used against protesters".

Alan Steward

As a producer, Alan recorded hits for Dennis Edwards and Eddie Kendricks of the legendary Temptations, the Baha Men (of 'who let the dogs out' fame), David Black (Capitol/EMI Records) who went on a World Tour opening for MC Hammer and also appeared on his album 'Too legit to Quit', Isaac Adams (former vocalist for both the Bar Kays and Cameo).

An Arundel Tomb

The poem describes a medieval tomb that can be found in Chichester Cathedral; the tomb is of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (d. 1376), and his second wife, Eleanor of Lancaster (d. 1372), with their dogs at their feet.

Andrew Vachss

Another important theme that pervades Vachss' work is his love of dogs, particularly breeds considered "dangerous," such as Doberman pinschers, rottweilers, and especially pit bulls.

Andrii Goncharuk

He enjoys playing tennis, reading literature on history and is fond of Shih Tzu dogs.

Audiogenic

By comparison with modern studios the recording equipment was very basic; however, it still recorded for bands including The Vibrators, XTC, Stadium Dogs, Van Morrison, Alan Clayson and The New Seekers.

Bathtub Dogs

The Bathtub Dogs have participated in events to raise money for many charitable organizations and philanthropies such as the AIDS Orphan Education Trust (AOET), Relay For Life, Dance Marathon, and even introduced Miss America, Kirsten Haglund, at the retirement celebration for John Gottschalk.

Bernadette Kanter

Animal sculptor, she created in 2002 Dogs of the bridge guard at Mantes-la-Jolie (near Paris), two bronze sculptures guards the entrance to the city after the bridge Peronnet, and a realization in 2004 for Aérospatiale, an aircraft-bird Nungesser and Colis.

Birds of New Zealand

The most damage however was caused by habitat destruction and the other animals humans brought with them, particularly rats (the Polynesian rat or kiore introduced by Māori and the Brown Rat and Black Rat subsequently introduced by Europeans), but also mice, dogs, cats, stoats, weasels, pigs, goats, deer, hedgehogs, and Australian possums.

Bord na gCon

A report illustrating that two dogs had tested positive for the banned substance EPO was not made public by the board, contrary to standard practice.

Brasil Animado

A couple of dogs called Stress and Relax leave in search for the Cariniana legalis, the oldest tree of Brazil.

BrewDog

On September 2013 a TV show titled Brew Dogs premiered on the US television channel, Esquire Network where James and Martin travel across America visiting different American beer towns, celebrating distinctive craft beers and creating their own locally-inspired brews.

Brown-Séquard syndrome

French physician, Paul Loye, attempted to confirm Brown-Séquard's observations on the nervous system by experimentation with decapitation of dogs and other animals and recording the extent of each animal's movement after decapitation: Death by Decapitation journal The American Journal of the Medical Sciences in the year 1889, Volume 97, Issue 4, Page 387.

Canine glaucoma

Normal IOP in dogs can range between 12 and 25 mm Hg and the two eyes should be similar in pressure.

CECS

Canine Epileptoid Cramping Syndrome, a disease affecting dogs and also known as Spike's Disease

Chinese Crested Dog

The famous burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee also bred Chinese cresteds, and upon her death her dogs were incorporated into Crest Haven.

David Pauley

He posted a 2–3 with a 2.39 ERA in 10 starts for the Sea Dogs before making his major league debut on May 31 starting for Boston in place of the injured David Wells.

Debajo de un pino

The album cover depicts a Chinese lion, these lions, also called Foo Lions are known as "happiness dogs" or "heavenly dogs" and is believed to have powerful mythic protective powers that has traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, temples, emperors' tombs, government offices, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), until the end of the empire in 1911.

Diabetic hypoglycemia

In 2008, the UK charity Diabetes UK announced that they were helping to fund a project, performed by researchers at Queen's University Belfast and the University of Lincoln, looking at whether dogs really can detect hypoglycemia.

Dipylidium caninum

Dipylidium caninum, also called the flea tapeworm or the double-pore tapeworm, is a cyclophyllid cestode that infects organisms afflicted with fleas and canine chewing lice, including dogs, cats, and pet-owners, especially children.

Emmitt Peters

Peters had to sell his dogs to cover his debts after the races in the 1990s, and was only able to race his final race because two friends donated USD $10,000 each, and he leased a team from Rick Swenson.

Empty World

The death of the girl (and earlier her 4 year old brother) leaves Neil the sole survivor of Winchelsea, and after deciding that Winchelsea is becoming dangerous - due in part to packs of wild dogs - he leaves for London, taking first a manual Mini which he has difficulty driving, followed by an automatic Jaguar.

Frank Conroy

His book Dogs Bark, But the Caravan Rolls On: Observations Then and Now includes articles that describe jamming with Charles Mingus and with Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman.

Gregory Colbert

Elephants, whales, manatees, sacred ibis, cranes, eagles, gyrfalcons, Rhinoceros Hornbills, cheetahs, leopards, African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), caracals, baboons, eland, meerkats, gibbons, orangutans, penguins, pandas, polar bears, lions, giant Pacific manta rays, and saltwater crocodiles are among the animals he has filmed and photographed.

Human equivalent

The ages of domestic cats and dogs are often referred to in terms of "cat years" or "dog years", representing a conversion to human-equivalent years.

Inside the Mind of Bill Cosby

Unlike many of his other albums, on which his youth provided the source of his routines, Cosby's material here centers mostly on contemporary incidents with his family, notably the tracks "Bedroom Slippers" (involving back-yard play by his youngest daughter and their dogs) and "Froofie The Dog" (involving his oldest daughter wanting to watch the television while Bill himself is watching Gunsmoke).

Jack Ponti

During this time he built a gym, a martial arts school, and devoted his energies to martial arts and dogs, especially the rare breed Fila Brasileiro.

Junior Bonner

He accepted the project, concerned with being typed as a director of violent action (at the time, The Wild Bunch was his most renowned film and Straw Dogs was in preparation to be released to theaters).

Kari Kennell

Representing PETA, and wearing plastic lettuce-leaf bikinis, Kari Kennell and fellow Playboy Playmate Lauren Anderson (Miss July 2002) sold vegetable hot dogs to members of Congress outside the Rayburn Office Building in Washington D.C.

Kate Bornstein

Bornstein and partner Barbara Carrellas live in New York City with three cats, two dogs and a turtle.

Kyi-Leo

American singer Mariah Carey owns two Kyi-Leo dogs that were given to her as puppies in Tokyo, Japan, during her Butterfly World Tour.

Lake Malawi

It is believed that these painted dogs seasonally move across the border from Malawi into Zambia to hunt in The South Luangwa Valley but seemingly they have plenty of success within Malawi as the pack consists of 7 adults and 10 pups.

Lost Dogs

Lost Dogs are an American musical supergroup formed in 1991, comprising vocalists, songwriters, and guitarists from multiple Christian alternative rock bands.

Melanie Marshall

Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, brought up in Wrangle and currently residing in Loughborough with her two dogs, Missy and Jetson, she is 1.7 m (5′ 7″), 62 kg.

Murray Saltzman

In 1983, Saltzman co-authored an op-ed column with fellow commissioners Mary Frances Berry and Blandina Ramirez in which the three accused President Ronald Reagan of treating the Commission as "lap dogs" rather than "watch dogs."

Old Danish Pointer

The origin of the breed can be traced back to about the year 1710 when a man named Morten Bak, living in Glenstrup near the towns of Randers and Hobro, crossed gypsy dogs through 8 generations with local farmdogs and in this way established a pure breed of piebald white and brown dogs called Bakhounds or Old Danish Pointers.

Pekingese

Foo Dog, dog breeds originating in China that resemble Chinese guardian lions and hence are also called Foo or Fu Dogs or Lion Dogs.

Peter Vallone, Jr.

In April 2009 Vallone supported a proposed ban on pit bulls, Dobermans, Rottweilers, and other dogs weighing more than 25 lbs.

Rio's World Cup Wind-Ups

Wayne Rooney: Rooney is visiting a dogs' home with his wife Colleen when a little boy's dog dies.

Robert LaSardo

Robert also spent four years in the U.S. Navy, spending two of those years handling Navy attack dogs in the Aleutian Islands.

Shannon Keith

She has saved dogs from being euthanized in Los Angeles, and in 2000, she obtained the largest settlement against the City of Los Angeles for the beating to death of a dog by a city employee.

Supplicia canum

Plutarch and Aelian rationalize the dogs' failure by explaining that the Gauls fed the siege-starved dogs and silenced them, while the geese called out excitedly.

Takako Akasaka

Ms. Akasaka remains one of three women to have eaten more than 20 hot dogs at Nathan's (Carlene LeFevre is the other).

The FBI Story

After receiving a tip, Hardesty and Crandall head to Spider Lake, Wisconsin on April 22, 1934, but after barking dogs alerted the gangsters they scattered.

The Seeing Eye

While living in Switzerland, an American dog trainer, Dorothy Harrison Eustis, was experimenting with the inclination and ability of German Shepherds to be used as working dogs.

The Whimper of Whipped Dogs

The first use of the title The Whimper of Whipped Dogs was a teleplay for a 1970 episode of the TV series The Young Lawyers, which was serialized in Ellison's Los Angeles Free Press television critique column at the time, The Glass Teat.

The Young Punx

Some of their most well known mixes include "Hideaway" by De'lacy, "Stoned in Love" by Chicane and Tom Jones, "Come on get it on" by Studio B, "I like girls" by Hound Dogs and "Rocket (a natural gambler)" by Braund Reynolds along with tracks by the Scissor Sisters, Don Diablo, Ike & Tina Turner, The Similou, Krafty Kuts, Space Cowboy and Norman Cook's "Mighty Dub Katz".

Tuned to a Different Station

"Tuned to a Different Station" is a song by English punk rock band Dogs and is featured on their debut album, Turn Against This Land.

Weimaraner

Today's breed standards are alleged to have developed in the late 18th and early 19th century, although dogs having very similar features to the Weimaraner have supposedly been traced as far back as 13th century in the court of Louis IX of France.


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