It is better to be number two in a fast-growing world than top dog in a stagnant one.
And should you wish to up the ante at any point, you could add a pair of sparkly earrings and some heels, or conversely throw a cozy black cashmere sweater over the top for a dog walk or a TV-watching marathon.
The delivery service said that fans had sent him, as a gift, a top-pedigree dog.
We were approaching the flooded ruins of a 19th century fort when, to our surprise, we spotted a dog on top of the rubble.
Yorkshire's two big cities, Leeds and Sheffield, vied for more than a century to be top dog.
At a private club in downtown Manhattan, Ms. Sarandon, wearing skinny jeans, combat boots and a striped cotton top, sipped tea as her fluffy dog, a Pomeranian mix named Penny who has her own Twitter account, cuddled up by her feet.
It certainly appears that way and, if so, the Big 10 has put itself in a position to be the top dog among those behemoths.
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Time to fuel up for Chevron by heading out for a late-night visit to Top Dog on Durant Avenue.
And this week John Thain, Merrill Lynch's former top dog, took a first stab at rehabilitation by accusing Bank of America of underplaying its role, and exaggerating his, in concealing Merrill's big losses and bonuses after agreeing to buy the firm last September.
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The company recently released a list of the top 10 states for State Farm dog-bite claims.
The eight tokens are an iron, racecar, Scottie dog, a shoe, thimble, top hat, wheelbarrow and battleship.
Their line-out had fallen apart, losing five of their own throws after the break, and the game had turned into a real dog fight, with the hosts on top.
Clicking on the top right will dog-ear the page for a bookmark.
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The introduction almost certainly brought about the demise of the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, the top indigenous predator - probably because the dog was a more efficient hunter.
Between December 1995 and August 2009, Australia was only off the number-one spot in the world rankings for a total of about six months, and was the undisputed top dog for the last six of those years.
He acknowledges that Facebook is top dog in social, but is more than a little blunt in claiming that the online rival is doing a "really bad job" with its products (don't hold back now, Larry).
Oakley the German wirehaired pointer enters as the nation's No. 1 show dog, with sleek Veni Vidi Vici the Doberman pinscher also a top contender.
Mayor of New York is perhaps the only job in town that would allow him to remain the family's political top dog, rather than his wife, who by then may be a senator.
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Final tallies of supremacy may have to wait until the merger processes are complete, but one thing is certain: Forsee's combo telecom has vaulted into the lofty elite of No. 2 provider Verizon Wireless--a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone--and the market's top dog, the JV of SBC Communications and BellSouth, Cingular.
If a director doesn't like that, well, the director isn't the top dog at the opera.
One of the things Mitt Romney is famous for, along with inventing Obamacare and paying taxes at a very low rate, is driving to Canada with his pet dog strapped to the top of the car.
An abandoned dog, found in a sack on a Northern Ireland riverbank, has claimed a top award at Crufts.
This was a strategy that worked before but it certainly will not work again if Apple wants to be top dog again.
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The BlackBerry is still arguably the top dog, but the sniper hit from Apple and the global economic recession have taken quite a toll on RIMM shares.
Apple and Google, the latter riding on a Samsung partnership, continue to play an escalating game of units versus revenues to determine which is the top dog in mobile operating systems.
The big mobile phone players are launching new handsets in the coming days which will be crucial in deciding who'll be top dog in this lucrative business - or, in some cases, whether they survive as a major player.
Mr. ROYCE LAMBERTH (1995-2002 Presiding Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance): I had to have my wife go upstairs because she didn't have a top secret clearance, so she couldn't be privy to any of this, but I kept my dog at my side.
Jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut and pop icon Elvis Presley aren't a likely pairing: Chestnut is one of the top pianists of a generation born many years after songs like "Love Me Tender, " "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" made Presley the king of rock 'n' roll.
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