Word: herded
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Open Range is that most unfashionable creature, a western--the story of two cowboys, Charley (Costner) and Boss (Robert Duvall) in 1882, caring for their herd and each other, wandering into town and into trouble. It is peopled with the usual suspects: the corrupt sheriff (James Russo), the mean rich guy (Michael Gambon), the warm, weathered spinster (Annette Bening). The plot is basically a real-estate wrangle: whether Boss and Charley have the right to graze their herd on land claimed by the rich guy. And there's a lovely interlude with Charley and the spinster, where the cowboy...
Those who brief, cajole, artfully misdirect or just plain herd the press on behalf of big-time politicians obey a few crucial rules of the road to keep their bosses (and themselves) out of trouble. Rule 1: Stay behind the scenes; the media adviser should never become the story. Rule 2: Don't be nasty; you may disagree with reporters, you may tussle with them, but browbeating eventually backfires. Rule 3: Under no circumstances attack the media as a whole. They are jealous of their prerogatives, and buy ink by the barrel. Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's director of communications...
...first Middle East trip of his presidency closes, George W. Bush finds himself as deeply involved and committed to the politics of the region as any Arab or Israeli leader. In promising to "ride herd" on the Israelis and Palestinians to get them moving along his "roadmap" to peace, Bush has made his administration directly responsible for overseeing the day-to-day implementation and mediation of a new peace process that has aroused little optimism in the region. And he's taking on the role alongside the epic challenge of occupying and remaking Iraq...
...roadmap" process can, indeed, lead to an end of the occupation. And, as of Wednesday, it may well fall to the White House to play both coach and referee on a day to day basis - a process veterans of previous efforts may inclined to compare less with "riding herd," than with herding cats...
Mild cases would also act like natural vaccines, conferring immunity on the patients. When 70% or so of a population has immunity - what epidemiologists call herd immunity - a virus is considered burned out: it can't spread further because there is almost no one left to infect. In the meantime, hospitals are trying to prevent the disease from taking root by isolating patients and using gowns, masks, goggles and gloves religiously - techniques that so far have proved extremely effective at preventing transmission...