*Why did you delete the following sentence from the article, containing a link to a discussion by the well-known and respected folklorist Americo Paredes on the official Smithsonian Institution website ?-- From the early 20th century, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans called Rangers by the unaffectionate nickname " Los Rinches ".
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Foremost amongst the latter are " The Tough Guide To Fantasyland ", and its fictional companion-pieces " Dark Lord of Derkholm " ( 1998 ) and " Year of the Griffin " ( 2000 ), which provide a merciless ( though not unaffectionate ) critique of formulaic sword-and-sorcery epics.
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In 1996, Marjorie Garber, the director of the center for literary and cultural studies at Harvard University, published a book called " Dog Love " ( Simon & AMP; Schuster ); two years later, Caroline Knapp, the author of the memoir " Drinking : A Love Story, " came out with " Pack of Two : The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs " ( Dial Press ) Both books, in different ways, suggested that people, especially urban professional people, need dogs more than ever, as sources of uncritical affection in an increasingly unaffectionate world.
