THE PAST 100 YEARS.The past 100 years for Dec. 22, 2008From The Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. New Mexican New Mexico Abbr. NM or N.M. or N.Mex. A state of the southwest United States on the Mexican border. It was admitted as the 47th state in 1912. : December 22, 1958: Edmundo G. Martinez, state vehicle department employee, is beginning to wish he had never taught his dog, a 10-month-old shepherd, to do such tricks as opening a gate or a car door. On Sunday he parked near Eddie's Conoco station on Cerrillos Road and went into the station. He heard the car start and move away and rushed out to see the car moving backward, with the dog at the wheel. He believes the dog to have turned on the ignition with his teeth and accidentally locked the driver's side door. The car traveled in reverse 250 feet with the dog sitting in the driver's seat driv·er's seat n. A position of control or authority. with both paws on the spokes of the steering wheel, swaying from side to side causing the car to weave with each movement. The car came to a stop at a parking lot. Luckily, car and dog missed all traffic and the car received only slight damage when it grazed graze 1 v. grazed, graz·ing, graz·es v.intr. 1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage. 2. Informal a. To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal. a tree. |
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