Word: herding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fairly heterogeneous collection of songs. From his familiar theme, he goes through "Someday," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Room Full of Roses," and "Ghost Riders in the Sky." In the last-named number, the arena is darkened, ultra-violent rays beam down on Gene's fluorescent shirt, and a herd of cattle parades across the floor...
...feet in diameter. No one was hurt, and the people of Juarez, enjoying their spring fiesta, thought the bang was part of the show. But the diplomatic repercussions were painful. The White Sands brass, covered with cold sweat, told Karsch to work out a system for riding herd on rockets...
Empty Saddle. In Vernon, Tex., veteran Cowpoke Tony Hazelwood, riding herd on the fall roundup, cracked three ribs in the crash of his bucking helicopter...
...attacks, turns into a windmill, and lays the knight flat on his back; the next time the giant, when he slashes at him, turns into a row of wineskins and fills the inn with his blood; a hostile army, when the knight does battle with it, turns into a herd of sheep, and the shepherds stone him almost to death...
Such breeding is by no means new, but Schnering thinks it has been "too localized and slipshod" to have much effect. From his herd of 50 purebred bulls, Schnering expects to deliver anywhere in the U.S. on 24 hours' notice. He plans to send out technically trained salesmen with refrigerated kits containing the latest Curtiss product. At prices ranging from $7 for "pool" semen (i.e., an unspecified bull) up to $150 (selected sires), a successful mating will be guaranteed...