GERMAN SHEPHERD

breed of large, muscular working dog perfected in Germany at the turn of the 20th cent. It stands about 25 in. (64 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 60 to 85 lb (27.2–38.5 kg). Its double coat is composed of dense, woolly underhair and a medium-length, harsh, straight or slightly wavy outercoat. Although it may be any color except white, it is usually black and tan, black, or gray. Developed over centuries from sheepherding and farm-dog stock, the German shepherd has been trained in a variety of specialities other than herding, e.g., as a police dog, as a carrier of messages and a patrol dog in war, and as a leader of the blind. It is also very popular as a pet. See dog.

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The Surgeon and the Shepherd: Two Resistance Heroes in Vichy France
Book by Meg Ostrum; University of Nebraska Press, 2004
Subjects: Sarochar, Jean--1892-1975, Schepens, Charles L, Shepherds--France--Biography, Surgeons--France--Biography, World War, 1939-1945--Underground Movements--France--Biography
...French side of the border the Germans re- doubled patrol of the...turned over to them.7 The Germans dis- patched regiments of...dozen Grenzschutz and their German shepherd dogs took up residence in...outpost. The presence of the Germans in the former Free Zone in...
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A Shepherd Remembers: Reminiscences of a Border Shepherd
Book by Andrew Purves; Tuckwell Press, 2001
Subjects: Country Life--Scottish Borders (England And Scotland), Shepherds--Scottish Borders (England And Scotland)--Biography
...immobile behind the Maginot Line? Why cant they advance on to German soil? Why not drop a few bombs on Germany instead of skittering...elderly man in the village, for reasons unknown, was pro- German. His neighbours in the village treated him more as a nutter...
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James Shepherd Pike: Republicanism and the American Negro, 1850-1882
Book by Robert Franklin Durden; Duke University Press, 1957
Subjects: Pike, James Shepherd--1811-1882
...apparently considered learning Dutch as out of the question. The Italian traveler, incidentally, thought Dutch sounded like German "spoken by a man with a hair in his throat...." 3 Dutch was not essential, at any rate, since French remained the...
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An Edition of Luke Shepherd's Satires
Book by Janice Devereux, Luke Shepherd; Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2001
Subjects: Catholic Church--Poetry, Religious Satire, English, Verse Satire, English
...corroborates Gardiners dating of the Catechism.40 While Shepherds ironic lines4 are possibly an allusion to something other...believe that they do refer to Cranmers Catechism and that Shepherd wrote Iohn Bon andMast person soon after the Catechism was...translation of Andreas Osianders and Johannes Brenzs earlier German text. 41 But I trust it wylbe better w the help of Catechismus...
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Shepherd of Democracy? America and Germany in the Twentieth Century
Book by Carl C. Hodge, Cathal J. Nolan; Greenwood Press, 1992
Subjects: Germany--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Germany
...whether the United States has acted as a shepherd to German democracy. Although the essays gathered...War was a steady consolidation of German democracy and full integration of...achievement of American resolve and German endeavor made
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journal articles on: German Shepherd  - 600 results

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In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd
Journal article by Anne Foltz; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 21, 2001
Subjects: Books--Reviews, In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd (Book)--Reviews
In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd by Anne Foltz Ana Menendez. In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd. Grove, 2001. 229 pp. $23.00. This collection of short stories vividly captures the intense emotions experienced by Cubans, Americans, and all...
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Volker R. Berghahn, America and the Intellectual Cold Wars in Europe: Shepherd Stone between Philanthropy, Academy, and Diplomacy
Journal article by Robert Gerald Livingston; German Politics and Society, Vol. 21, 2003
Subjects: America and the Intellectual Cold Wars in Europe: Shepherd Stone Between Philanthropy, Academy, and Diplomacy (Book)--Reviews
...Intellectual Cold Wars in Europe: Shepherd Stone between Philanthropy...Intellectual Cold Wars in Europe: Shepherd Stone Between Philanthropy...Robert Gerald Livingston, German Historical Institute, Washington...include liberal democratic Germans of his acquaintance in the...although Jewish, so pro-German? Why did he ignore Germanys...
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The Surgeon and the Shepherd: Two Resistance Heroes in Vichy France
Journal article by Edward Benson; The Oral History Review, Vol. 33, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Surgeon and the Shepherd: Two Resistance Heroes in Vichy France (Book)--Book reviews
...Benson THE SURGEON AND THE SHEPHERD: TWO RESISTANCE HEROES IN...issuing identity cards in German to his workers and notified...a few weeks, find a local shepherd familiar with the mountains...Manech or Jean Sarochar, the shepherd of her title, a veteran of...full of passeurs, Basque shepherds who guided refugees across...
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Shearing the Shepherds: Violence and Anticlerical Satire in Langland's Piers Plowman
Journal article by Ben Parsons; Medium Aevum, Vol. 79, 2010
Subjects: Authors, English--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, English--Works, Clergy--Portrayals, English writers--Criticism and interpretation, English writers--Works, Langland, William--Criticism and interpretation, Langland, William--Works, Piers Plowman (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Satire--Criticism and interpretation, Violence--Analysis
Shearing the Shepherds: Violence and Anticlerical Satire in Langlands Piers Plowman. by Ben...Alison Williams, Tricksters and Pranksters: Roguery in French and German Literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (Amsterdam, 2000...
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Rubin and Mercator: Grotesque Comedy in the German Easter Play
Journal article by Martin W. Walsh; Comparative Drama, 2002
Subjects: Comedy--Criticism, interpretation, etc., German drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...expletive sounding like the German for "hay." Why ask for hay...of late fourteenth-century German humor but by the complete familiarity...typologically (his Second Shepherds Play particularly) in terms...absence of records for such early German-language professional acting...
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magazine articles on: German Shepherd  - 394 results

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Cybill Liberty: Cybill Shepherd Is Moonlighting This Season on the L Word as a Married Woman Questioning Her Sexuality-A Role She's Been Rehearsing for Years
Magazine article by John Griffiths; The Advocate, March 13, 2007
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses--Interviews, Motion picture actors and actresses--Social aspects, Movie actors--Interviews, Movie actors--Social aspects, Shepherd, Cybill--Interviews, Shepherd, Cybill--Social aspects, Television actors and actresses--Interviews, Television actors and actresses--Social aspects, Television actors--Interviews, Television actors--Social aspects
...by John Griffiths Cybill Shepherd, the eternal queen of blond...informs me. So when one of her German (yes) shepherds passes gas, I feel free to...Let me open the door," Shepherd says with a hearty laugh...Christine Baranski, costar of Shepherds eponymous 90s sitcom, were...
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The Lad from Lossiemouth: John Shepherd Says It's Time to Reappraise the Political Reputation of Ramsay MacDonald, Who Died Seventy Years Ago This Month
Magazine article by John Shepherd; History Today, Vol. 57, November 2007
Subjects: MacDonald, James Ramsay--Appreciation, Prime ministers--Appreciation
The Lad from Lossiemouth: John Shepherd Says Its Time to Reappraise the Political...Seventy Years Ago This Month. by John Shepherd ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 1937 a radio message...more sinned against than sinning. John Shepherd is Visiting Professor of Modern History...
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Labor Wasn't Working: John Shepherd Looks Back Thirty Years to the Turbulent Winter of Discontent, Which Heralded the Demise of James Callaghan's Labour Government and Paved the Way for Margaret Thatcher and Eighteen Years of Unbroken Conservative Rule
Magazine article by John Shepherd; History Today, Vol. 59, January 2009
Subjects: British history--Political aspects, Callaghan, James--Powers and duties, Labour Party (United Kingdom)--Officials and employees, Prime ministers--Powers and duties, Thatcher, Margaret--Powers and duties
Labor Wasnt Working: John Shepherd Looks Back Thirty Years to...Conservative Rule. by John Shepherd ILLUSTRATION OMITTED On January...president Jimmy Carter and German chancellor Helmut Schmidt was...com/1979 Professor John Shepherd is Co-Director of the Labour...
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Syphilis and the Shepherd of Atlantis
Magazine article by Stephen Jay Gould; Natural History, Vol. 109, October 2000
Subjects: Fracastoro, Girolamo (1478?-1553), Genomics, History, Names, Poetry, STD, Science, Sexually transmitted diseases
...return-hence "the German disease." In the...disease, and the Germans the Spanish disease...syphilis. Fracastoros shepherd may have ended an...texts for "While Shepherds Watched" or "As...family, the great German bankers, had lent...so his tale of the shepherd Syphilus and the discovery...disease for a mythical shepherd whose suffering also...tales about mythical shepherds who displease sun...
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'A Harmless Young Shepherd in a Soldier's Coat': A Centenary Salute to Edmund Blunden, 1 November 1896-20 January 1974
Magazine article by Anne Powell; Contemporary Review, Vol. 269, November 1996
Subjects: Blunden, Edmund--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English literature, 1901- (Contemporary period)--Bibliography, Obstacles (Military science)--Bibliography, Undocumented Windows (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., War and literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., World War, 1914-1918--Bibliography
A harmless young shepherd in a soldiers coat: a centenary...a poem Festubert: the Old German Line. After a few weeks...but far from equably by the Germans and British. In front, like...Maillet three miles from the German lines. During the next few...relieved the Sussex men. The Germans still held defensive positions...
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newspaper articles on: German Shepherd  - 1999 results

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My Range Rover May 'Carry People' but It Is Not a 'People Carrier'. and My German Shepherd Does Not Shepherd Germans; Here's the Thing
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 13, 2011
Subjects: Land Rover Range Rover (Sport-utility vehicle)
...Is Not a People Carrier. and My German Shepherd Does Not Shepherd Germans; Heres the Thing. Byline: CHRIS...Beth (the Evans family dog) is a German shepherd, but has yet to shepherd any Germans. Capisce, Einstein? Oh, and talking...
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Bravery Award for Police Dog Sam; HONOURED: German Shepherd Nearly Strangled in Bid to Detain Suspect
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), November 6, 2007
...for Police Dog Sam; HONOURED: German Shepherd Nearly Strangled in Bid to Detain...Byline: By Sian Powell SAM the German shepherd dog has been given a police...expected of them." DOUBLE AWARD... German shepherd dog Sam with his handler...
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SPIRIT GUIDE; German Shepherd Hunts for Ghosts
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), March 13, 2011
SPIRIT GUIDE; German Shepherd Hunts for Ghosts. Byline: Alice Walker MEET Sally, who is no...Scooby Doo, who ran away from even the most friendly of spooks. German shepherd Sally will take on the feistiest poltergeist to protect her owner...
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Police Won't Take Gamble on Vegas; German Shepherd 'Not Brave Enough' for Dog Section
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), July 20, 2011
Subjects: Dogs
Police Wont Take Gamble on Vegas; German Shepherd Not Brave Enough for Dog Section. Byline: Robert...recruits to Northumbria Polices dog section. The German Shepherd has been rigorously trained at the forces Ponteland...
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Animal Magic: A German Shepherds Are Naturally
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), July 8, 2007
Animal Magic: A German Shepherds Are Naturally. Byline: Scott Miller Q My German shepherd is very loving but if I let him off his...pup, which is why he is aggressive. A German shepherds are naturally fearful and protective of...
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encyclopedia articles on: German Shepherd  - 10 results

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German Shepherd
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GERMAN SHEPHERD breed of large, muscular working dog perfected in Germany at the turn...Developed over centuries from sheepherding and farm-dog stock, the German shepherd has been trained in a variety of specialities other than herding...
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Dog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...British hounds, terriers, and shepherd dogs) than on those of other areas...included categories for house dogs, shepherd dogs, sporting dogs, war dogs...herders, are the collie , the German shepherd , and the St. Bernard . Such diminutive...
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Guide Dog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...school for training such dogs was established by the German government after World War I for the benefit of blinded...and is usually charged a nominal fee. Although the German shepherd is by far the most widely used breed for guide-dog...
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Working Dog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mountain dog , Bouvier des Flandres , boxer , Briard , bull mastiff , Cardigan Welsh corgi , collie , Doberman pinscher , German shepherd , Great Dane , Great Pyrenees , komondor , kuvasz , mastiff , Newfoundland , old English sheepdog , Pembroke Welsh...
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Police Dog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
POLICE DOG see German shepherd . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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