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...Zealand dairymen have long wanted to import Limousin and Simenthal cattle from France. But officials, fearing that hoof and mouth disease (which is indigenous to France) might be imported along with the beasts, have steadfastly refused to allow the entry of any French cattle. There are no such restrictions, however, on English cattle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beating the Quarantine | 1/10/1972 | See Source »

...Gospel According to St. Matthew," which comes complete with theological endorsement by none other than Harvey Cox. Godspell's Christ is part clown, part mime, and an all-around song-and-dance man. His is not to tread the weary way of the Via Dolorosa but to hoof instead down the memory lane of Tin Pan Alley...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: Godspell | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

...Westerners, Tubman was a faintly improbable figure in a top hat and cutaway, a stickler for formality who lived in a $6 million, neon-lit palace. To his people, he was a father figure, accessible and gregarious, always ready to hoof a lively quadrille, Liberia's national dance. He sought to present an air of omniscience, insisting on approving all government expenditures of more than $200 and even extending his jurisdiction down to settling his staff's marital problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIBERIA: A Patriarch Yields the Reins | 8/2/1971 | See Source »

Unclassy Beginning. Bred in Kentucky, the colt looked like an also-ran at the 1969 Keeneland Fall Sales. Not that his breeding was bad, but he was small and had a split hoof and a bad case of worms. A Venezuelan agent bought him for a paltry $1,200 and shipped him off to Caracas, where he was sold to Millionaire Horseman Pedro Baptista for $6,000. Nursed through his early infirmities, Cañonero grew into a strapping three-year-old with an exceptionally long (30 ft.) stride. When Venezuela's top rider, Gustavo Avila...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Year of Canonero | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

...Belmont, the tune had changed. Reggie Cornell, the trainer of Eastern Fleet, would not even enter his horse. "Not me," he said. "I'll let somebody else chase that cannon-ball." Nevertheless, a lot of somebodies decided to try-especially after a skin rash and an infected hoof caused Cañonero to miss two days of training. By post time, the field had grown to 13; nine of the horses Cañonero had never met before, including a speedy bay colt named Pass Catcher who had registered two firsts and a second in his last three starts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Year of Canonero | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

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