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...when I showed up at Raratu Lodge, near Havelock North on North Island, ready to get down to the ranch and shear some sheep, proprietor Pete Hill was quietly amused. Forget New Zealand's shepherding heritage?nothing could get him to herd sheep, even if he had any. "Field lice," as he called them, were far too stupid and too prone to disease. Seeing my city slicker's crushed expression, he did offer me the chance to douse a few of his dairy cows with a de-worming bath, but the intermittent late summer showers ruled that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...akin to mass suicide. Says Ahmed Rashid, a Pakistani author and expert on the Taliban movement: "The U.S. threat is helping to divide the Taliban." Rashid says the Taliban's "fellow travelers," the tribal leaders who don't share the Taliban's extremism, will be the first to shear off, leaving Omar with a die-hard band of devout followers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Country On Edge | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

Indeed, there is perhaps no other collegiate sport that requires as much individual skill, team strategy, oneness with nature, and shear guts...

Author: By Jared R. Small, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sailing Earns Bid to National Championship | 5/1/2001 | See Source »

...HEADBLADE A fashionably shaved head is either the ultimate in minimalist dandyism or the 21st century version of the comb-over. HeadBlade's power razor has a form as curvy and clean as Patrick Stewart's pate. Nestle it in your palm and "comb" yourself bald. It's shear elegance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...SHEAR MADNESS...

Author: By Rebecca Dezube, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Madness Goes for Laughs, Not Depth | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

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