Word: shepherded
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...Rolls-Royce). Some 400 firms have assembled a private army of 20,000 security men and women who hire out as bodyguards to wealthy clients for $115 to $230 a day each. Even having a guard dog requires a major investment: a trained German shepherd sells for $5,740, and last year Italians bought $7 million worth of them. Though kidnaping insurance is banned by law, many industrialists carry "K" risk policies written in Britain and West Germany (premium: $40,000 a year for $1 million coverage...
...Apennine mountains 70 miles northeast of Rome. Helicopters carrying frogmen and Alpine troops converged on the mountainside. The lake, virtually unreachable except by sophisticated mountaineers, was nearly frozen solid. After two days of searching, a body was found; it turned out to be that of a local shepherd who had apparently drowned himself...
...Surprise, because while I had heard that Shepherd was a big swinger (he told me so himself), I didn't know it applied to softball. Besides, in our pre-game base conference, second base told me that Shepherd had been striking out a lot lately...
...fact, now that I've had a few hours to think about it, I'm not sure what caused a bigger shock, the impact of witnessing the first intentional walk in Harvard softball history or the fact that Shepherd crossed up the strategy by getting a base...
...After the game, which Winthrop went on to win, 15-9, to remain undefeated (5-0) for the season, I heard Shepherd talking to one of his teammates...