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Ms. Sherman is the greatest living heir of the legendary Mildred Bailey, while Mr. Temperley, a leading figure on the London jazz scene of the 1950s, is the embodiment of such big-horn forebears as Harry Carney and Gerry Mulligan.
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As I posted on here and here, the prehistoric people at Coso, up in Inyo County, were obsessed with big-horn sheep.
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As I posted on here and here, the prehistoric people at Coso, up in Inyo County, were obsessed with big-horn sheep.
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His father saw as a big-horn ram or as an eagle sees, literally.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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His father saw as a big-horn ram or as an eagle sees, literally.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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His father saw as a big-horn ram or as an eagle sees, literally.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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He killed two deer and Laitha slew a big-horn sheep.
Ghost King Gemmell, David 1988
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They set off minutes later, heading higher into the timber-line of the mountains, following a narrow trail dotted with the spoor of mountain goats and big-horn sheep.
Ghost King Gemmell, David 1988
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It involved circling half of a mountain slope on foot and climbing to the backbone of a ridge in hopes of approaching the big-horn from above, not always a successful maneuver with a high-strung, suspicious wild sheep, hunted to perpetual wariness.
Ride the Thunder Janet Dailey 1980
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It involved circling half of a mountain slope on foot and climbing to the backbone of a ridge in hopes of approaching the big-horn from above, not always a successful maneuver with a high-strung, suspicious wild sheep, hunted to perpetual wariness.
Ride the Thunder Janet Dailey 1980
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