WHIPPET

breed of small, slender hound developed in England in the mid-18th cent. It stands between 18 and 22 in. (45.7–55.8 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 20 lb (9 kg). Its close-lying, smooth coat may be any color but is usually white, tan, or gray. Developed from crosses of greyhound, terrier, and, later, Italian greyhound, the whippet was used for coursing hares in an enclosed area, a sport that became popular when bullbaiting and bearbaiting were outlawed. Today it is raised primarily as a race dog and pet. See dog.

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books on: Whippet  - 143 results

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A Peripheral Weapon? The Production and Employment of British Tanks in the First World War
Book by David J. Childs; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Tanks (Military Science)--Great Britain, World War, 1914-1918--Equipment And Supplies, World War, 1914-1918--Tank Warfare
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Where the Blue Begins
Book by Christopher Morley; Lippincott, 1922
Subjects: Fiction
...and admired him hugely; little Miss Whippet, at the stocking counter, said that he...Chow and Mrs. Sealyham and little Miss Whippet--I have always been aware that there...of a sales slip, and left it at Miss Whippets post by the stocking counter. It said...
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1918, the Last Act
Book by Barrie Pitt; W. W. Norton, 1963
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
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The Character of England
Book by Ernest Barker; Clarendon Press, 1947
Subjects: Great Britain, Great Britain--Civilization, National Characteristics, English
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Armored Forces: History and Sourcebook
Book by Robert M. Citino; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Armored Vehicles, Military--History, Tanks (Military Science)--History
...British Medium A later known as the "Whippet" , a three-man tank with a top speed...machines, with 324 heavy tanks and 96 Whippets. Counting supply tanks and gun carriers...Liddell Hart discusses the origins of the Whippet in The Tanks , 155-157. See Chris...
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journal articles on: Whippet  - 5 results

 
 
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Strategic Organizational Responses to Environmental Chaos
Journal article by Eonsoo Kim, John C. Mc Intosh; Journal of Managerial Issues, Vol. 11, 1999
Subjects: Deregulation--Trucking, Industrial concentration--Research, Industrial organization--Research, Trucking--Management
...data-driven, large-scale strategic change studies and fine-grained case analyses of change processes in specific firms (e.g., Whippet al., 1987; Kochan and Useem, 1992). Third, longitudinal mapping of strategic change trajectories in a large sample of firms...
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Dogs and People: The History and Psychology of a Relationship
Journal article; Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis, Vol. 24-26, 1996
Subjects: Authors--Addresses, essays, lectures, Coren, Stanley--Addresses, essays, lectures, Dog breeds--Social aspects, Dog owners--Psychology and mental health, Dogs--Social aspects, Psychologists--Addresses, essays, lectures
...Italian Greyhound Japanese Chin Lhasa Apso Maltese Terrier Pekinese Pomeranian Pug Sealyham Terrier Sky Terrier Tibetan Terrier Whippet Group 6: Steady Dogs - includes solid, good-natured and tolerant dogs Basset Hound Beagle Bernese Mountain Dog Bloodhound...
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The Confessions of Todd Andrews: Double-Directed Discourse in the Floating Opera
Journal article by Chris Conti; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 36, 2004
Subjects: Barth, John--Criticism and interpretation, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, The Floating Opera (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
...there we were: Betty Junes face buried in the pillow, her scrawny little buttocks thrust skywards: me gangly as a whippet and braying like an ass. I exploded with laughter! ... Nothing, to me, is so consistently, profoundly, earth-shakingly...
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System Analysis for Oxygen Uptake Kinetics with Step and Pseudorandom Binary Sequence Exercise in Endurance Athletes
Journal article by Takayoshi Yoshida, Daijiro Abe, Yoshiyuki Fukuoka, Richard L. Hughson; Measurement in Physical Education & Exercise Science, Vol. 12, 2008
Subjects: Aerobic exercises--Methods, Dynamics (Mechanics)--Research, Dynamics--Research, Oxygen consumption (Metabolism)--Management, Oxygen consumption--Management
...blood that was pooled before the start of the exercise and only a small increase in arterial-venous O.sub.2 content difference (Whippet al., 1982). Phase-2 reflects a further increase in venous return with a relatively larger arterial-venous O.sub.2 content difference...
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"Renouncing Change": Salvation and the Sacred in Brian Friel's Faith Healer
Journal article by Margaret M. Strain; Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, Vol. 57, 2004
Subjects: Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Faith Healer (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Friel, Brian--Criticism and interpretation, Irish literature--Criticism and interpretation, Plays--Criticism and interpretation
...every bit the showman. He speaks of Frank as a "talent," an act he promotes in the same way he advertises his pipe-playing whippet or sensationalizes Mary Brigid ODonnell as Miss Mulatto and her Pigeons. And Teddy is not without his own form of ritual, employing...


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magazine articles on: Whippet  - 31 results

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A Few of My Favorite Things
Magazine article by Benjamin J. Stein; The American Spectator, Vol. 41, May 2008
Subjects: Dogs, Gastroesophageal reflux, Jews
...overlooking the swimming pool, and Im watching our new dog, Cleo, sleep. Our old dog, Susie, cutest mix of Dalmatian and whippet on the planet, died about a month ago of old age. She was a sweet, harmless old thing and we rescued her about 16 years ago...
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The Government Is Determined to Fight Crime by Introducing ID Cards. Yet It Shrugs off Deaths at Work and Industrial Accidents. Why? Because the Rich Would Be Found Guilty
Magazine article by Mark Thomas; New Statesman, Vol. 131, July 8, 2002
Subjects: Blunkett, David--Social policy, Criminal justice, Administration of--Political aspects, Identification cards--Political aspects, Labour Party (United Kingdom)--Social policy, Liability for workplace accidents--Political aspects, United Kingdom. Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
...few would bat an eyelid if he made his policy announcements wearing a flat cap, having swapped his current dog for a guide whippet, and with a colliery brass band playing the Hovis tune gently in the background. Coupling that with an approach of "tough on...
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Living Alone in a Flat in the North Has Long Led to Twitching Lace Curtains
Magazine article by Andrew Martin; New Statesman, Vol. 132, February 3, 2003
Subjects: Apartments--Appreciation, Life style--Analysis
...had a flight of stairs to present a challenge to your emphysema-afflicted lungs; at least there was a backyard in which your whippet might comfortably die. Yet Londoners have always been perfectly happy to live in flats, and will have to be ever more happy...
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Lake Wobegon Summer 1956
Magazine article by Garrison Keillor; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, September 2001
Subjects: American fiction
...possible leads--The resurgent Lake Wobegon Whippets, coming off a nifty win last week against...Ball Park, home of your Lake Wobegon WHIPPETS! Lets honor America and rise and salute...crowd below let out a sickly cheer as the Whippets trotted onto the field and Roger Guppy...
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Paperback Round-Up
Magazine article by Sian Gibson; Geographical, Vol. 78, July 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, In Search of the Pangolin: The Accidental Eco-Tourist (Book)--Book reviews, Narrow Dog to Carcassonne (Book)--Book reviews, The Cyclades: Discovering the Greek Islands of the Aegean (Book)--Book reviews
...punctuated by a ramshackle mix of pubs and people. Pensioner Darlington makes the trip with his wife Monica and their land-loving whippet Jim, retelling their travels in a book thats sometimes cynical, sometimes lyrical but consistently comical. In Search of the...
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newspaper articles on: Whippet  - 511 results

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Whippet That's a Whoppet; Sleek: Your Average Whippet Muscle-Bound Hound: Wendy Goes for a Walk Big Lady: Wendy the Whippet
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 13, 2007
Whippet Thats a Whoppet; Sleek: Your Average Whippet Muscle-Bound Hound: Wendy Goes for a Walk Big Lady: Wendy the Whippet. Byline: Rebecca Camber MAYBE they should call her a whoppet - after all, shes...
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Whippet Girl and Mother Killed in Stabbing Frenzy; They Lay Dead for Three Days
Newspaper article by Andrew Young; The Mirror (London, England), January 12, 1999
Whippet Girl and Mother Killed in Stabbing Frenzy; They Lay Dead...in a frenzied attack at the remote home where they bred whippet dogs. Reclusive Connie Sheridan, 70, and daughter Janice...lunchtime - but we do not yet know when they died." The 24 whippets showed signs of being without food or water for days...
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Jack -- the Whippet Who Learned How to Be a Dog at Last; before Her Recent Death, One Rescue Animal Had Thrown off the Damage of the Past and Realised Her Instincts
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 7, 2009
Jack -- the Whippet Who Learned How to Be a Dog at Last; before...Byline: Brian Sewell JACK, my little whippet bitch, is dead -- words that embody an...that in bed no dog is more selfish than a whippet stretched full length with all four legs...
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Who Could Ever Abandon a Wonderful Creature like This? Brian Sewell Had No Plans to Adopt a Third Pet. Then He Was Told about a Starved Young Whippet with Eyes like Black Gemstones
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 21, 2005
...Then He Was Told about a Starved Young Whippet with Eyes like Black Gemstones...for a dog 40 years ago, Hecate, a blue whippet bitch, dark as night; since then all my...the Mayhew," said the voice, "weve got a whippet. Are you interested?" James will be...
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Whippet Be Good
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), April 23, 2008
Whippet Be Good. Byline: The Register-Guard Handler Anne Herrett (back) tries to get Ciscoe to pose so photographer Dan Hogan can get a photo at the American Whippet Club National Specialty at the Valley River Inn. A story about the show and more photos are on Page C1. See a slideshow...
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encyclopedia articles on: Whippet  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Whippet
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WHIPPET breed of small, slender hound developed in England in the mid-18th cent. It stands between 18 and 22 in. (45.7 55...color but is usually white, tan, or gray. Developed from crosses of greyhound, terrier, and, later, Italian greyhound, the whippet was used for coursing hares in an enclosed area, a sport that became popular when bullbaiting and bearbaiting were outlawed...
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Manchester Terrier
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...coat is glossy and is a combination of jet black and mahogany tan in color. Believed to have been the product of breeding a whippet to a famous brown crossbred terrier, the Manchester was originally used in destroying rats and in the widely popular sport...
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Bedlington Terrier
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...these marked with tan. Most authorities believe the Bedlington was produced by crossing the old rough-coated terrier with the whippet. Originally raised to hunt vermin, badger, and fox, and often used in organized dogfights, the Bedlington was later taken into...
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Hound
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Irish wolfhound , Norwegian elkhound , otterhound , Rhodesian ridgeback , Scottish deerhound , Saluki , and whippet . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press...


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