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...stopped, watched silently, then turned away from them and began to head off into the distance, when I heard a moo about three octaves lower. Now I don't really mind a cattle stampede, but I have an inherent dislike of large cows with horns and male hormones, which is to say, bulls. Suddenly, a comfortable sleeping place seemed unimportant, and all I wanted was to find that fence again and put it between me and the bovine bunch. I walked backwards, slowly, trying not to irritate the bulls...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Riding a Greyhound In Search of America | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...here. I ordered three hot and sour and two shark fin. You got it exactly backward. The moo shu pork came without any pancakes and where are the lichee nuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Hello... Jimmy? | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

When I was rehearsing for King Lear, I went on neighboring land and I screamed King Lear at the cows, who all came up and thought it was marvelous. And I roared at them and they'd moo. But the point was to exercise these bellows. Just to go on and think, "Oh, well, other people have done it, so I can," without preparing your whole physique for it, is a failure to realize that the basic need for being good at anything is to be in a fit condition for it. What you must finally achieve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Lord of Craft and Valor | 12/29/1975 | See Source »

...during the summer? Anyhow, this is purportedly Boston's longest-running musical (Skiddy von Stade runs a close second), and a pleasant enough way to spend an evening. It's mostly a bunch of Brel ballads strung together, but while you're there you can also eat and make moo-moo eyes at your date. Being kept alive at the Cabaret in the Charles Playhouse. Tickets on Fridays and Saturdays cost $5-$6.50. No wonder he's doing so well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STAGE | 7/19/1974 | See Source »

...wire, nails and transistors more cheaply than we can, the U.S. can produce broilers and beef more cheaply and ship them all over the world." Thus far, Stratford's three basic operational areas are cattle, chickens and potted plants, and Gow organizes each division down to the last moo, cluck and root. Centralized production is one principle: the cattle operation is typical. Stratford's three yards are concentrated within a 30-mile radius, in keeping with Gow's belief in concentrated locations, and they feed a total of 150,000 head. (By December Gow plans to expand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: Everything But the Cluck | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

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