Article: From pet rocks to pet flocks -- California company introduces 'TV Preaching for Fun and Profit.'

Article: TV preaching a poor substitute for a sermon and a ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 20, 2001 ;     700+ words ...You may have noticed how many television preachers we have to choose from every single day of the year. I swear the numbers of ultraconservative preachers on the tube are multiplying faster than rabbits in a locked cage. Some of these preachers are so bizarre that one stares in disbelief as the

Article: TV Preaching's `Free Fall'
The Washington Post;  July 19, 1987 ;     354 words ...The evangelical right may be losing its political punch for 1988 and television evangelist Marion G. (Pat) Robertson's likely candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination could be weakened. The reason? The Jim and Tammy Bakker/PTL scandal and the Oral Roberts send-$8-million-or-I-die

Article: Pet Rock mastermind doesn't want to talk about it. ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  December 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... tiny Honda. This new novelty called the Pet Rock was flying off store shelves, and he ... the days. Money was flowing, and the Pet Rock made Dahl feel as if he could simultaneously ... creative genius. After all, the $4 Pet Rock was about absolutely nothing --- and ...

Transcript: Interview: Gary Dahl, inventor of the pet rock, ...
Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR);  July 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Interview: Gary Dahl, inventor of the pet rock, discusses his invention and his recent ... being with us. Mr. GARY DAHL (Author, Pet Rock Creator): Oh, thank you for calling ... In 1975, I invented and marketed the pet rock. SIMON: Mr. Dahl, I don't mean to ...

Article: The pet rock project: making the rock cycle come ...
Science Scope;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Earth science classroom. The idea of a pet rock was central to the project as a mechanism ... observed (Wandersee 1986). Procedure The Pet Rock Project can be used at various grade levels ... Earth's history). We incorporated the Pet Rock Project within our classroom after an ...

Article: Going to the dogs, cats, birds and ... Pet Rock ...
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  September 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... mind when she helped organize the first Pet Rock Festival back in 1999. Arsenault knew ... treatment of animals. To meet that goal, Pet Rock provided money to distribute KIND News ... the environment. With the ninth annual Pet Rock Festival set to take place from noon to ...

Article: Pet Rock Inventor Also Worst Writer
AP Online;  July 11, 2000 ;     415 words ... ... Press Writer AP Online 07-11-2000 Pet Rock Inventor Also Worst Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The man who started the Pet Rock craze of the 1970s topped himself Tuesday ... the advertising executive invented the Pet Rock, a rock in a cardboard box that sold ...