This year, the dog days of summer proved to be more greyhound than basset hound.

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It's not quite the dog days of summer yet, but we do have a canine question this week for our ethicist, Randy Cohen.

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And the dog days of summer are not a guarantee of tranquility.

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Many of the movies currently filling the multiplexes give new meaning to the dog days of summer, but you can always find a good DVD.

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But with the dog days of summer at hand in the U.S. and most of Europe on vacation, that news has been hard to come by lately.

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So much for the dog days of summer.

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Maybe it's just the dog days of summer?

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