Word: herd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...swear to God, this is taken verbatim from the pages of GQ. There are also a bunch of improbable photos: six fashion models in khaki landing a hot air balloon amidst a herd of giraffes; six fashion models waving from on top of a jeep. Breaking down into couples, the six alternately hug, slice meat, look tough, read maps through glasses of Chablis, practice foreplay, wade in rivers, listen to New Wave on a tape recorder, and become good friends with the Masai tribesmen, who obviously know a smart buy when they see one. As the caption reads: "The magnificent...
...animals, and causes lameness, weight loss and, in dairy cows, reduced milk production. At least 33 different species are susceptible, mostly such cloven-hoofed creatures as cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and deer. For farmers the usual recourse is to kill, burn and bury infected livestock. Often an entire herd must be slaughtered, even if only one animal has been stricken, lest the disease spread. Some years ago, British authorities had to kill more than 280,000 animals to contain a major outbreak...
...false allegations-that I am for sale, or for rent, that I lacked compassion, that I did not care about the torture of human beings in certain countries friendly to the U.S. My position has been clear on all of this. A label, once applied, because of the herd instinct in Washington, sticks. The record never caught up. I was done in by my two chief virtues-candor and courage." He denied that either the White House or the State Department nudged him out, and said that both Reagan and Secretary of State Alexander Haig telephoned to suggest other Government...
...weekends, Wiggins immersed himself in an even more extravagant pursuit as a multimillionaire cattle breeder. He rode high in the saddle as owner of a six-state ranching empire that included the U.S.'s largest herd of Limousin beef cattle, a prizewinning French breed...
...crafting his delicate package of budget cuts, Ronald Reagan carefully corralled a herd of "sacred cows"-Veterans Administration disability benefits and Medicare payments for the elderly, among other programs-that he vowed not to touch. Last week, in a move that ensured debate for months to come, the President proposed to chop away at perhaps the most sacred of all cows: Social Security benefits. The plan not only ignited protests from senior citizens' groups around the nation, but finally gave the badly bruised Democrats in Congress a battle they could enthusiastically join-and perhaps stand a good chance...