"Look at the way you're holding that dog, " my grandmother said.

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Even "The Railway" (1873), with the young woman seated in front of the railings, holding a book and a lap dog and looking out, completely unengaged with the young girl looking through the railings, defies narrative.

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Fellow Congressman Joe Sestak compares Republican policies to a bag of dog droppings and actually appears in the ad holding a bag.

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By the time the Red Dog opened again in 1966, this time with Big Brother and the Holding Company, who hadn't yet met Janis Joplin, in residence, the San Francisco scene had already been born, and the sense of community, the innocence, and the feeling of creating a new society, were already a year old.

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He wanted to tell her many things, like how sorry he was to have been cruel to her dog, and how surprised even he was at how well his leg was holding up.

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