Word: herded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alongside the airfield at Fort Bragg. Here they will spend the night. But first their jumpmasters must check them in and assign them positions for the drop. It is a long, dull procedure, and the Paratrooper smiles when he thinks how much like a flock of sheep or a herd of cows they all are-passive, oblivious to the time and space they occupy, psychically removed. In their minds many of them are, like himself, already in the plane or stepping out of it. As one of the guys says: "When you see yourself going through the door...
...rises just 14 ft. above the waves and tends to be swampy when the tide rolls in. A herd of wild donkeys still roams the deserted remains of an old coconut plantation, and would-be snorkelers are warned to watch out for sharks that circle its shores...
...many of the "tell me my rights, not my responsibilities" herd seem to think an adequate military force causes wars. Do they think a well-equipped and fully staffed fire department causes fires...
...weeks ago, Harold McCray of Mayo, Fla., signed a five-year agreement with Quality Holstein for 70 dairy cows. The herd cost him an initial cash outlay of only $6,000 rather than the $100,000 purchase price. McCray now expects to make $4 per day on each cow and receives as a bonus any offspring born during the lease. He also expects to exercise an option that would permit him to buy the cows at a discount when the contract expires in 1985. As long as credit money to farmers remains tight, Quality Holstein Leasing is likely...
Meanwhile, the trusties managed the huge herd of livestock owned by the prison, eating meat at every meal and employing prison labor to build them homes on the prison grounds, complete with appliances and televisions...