They followed a path invisible under the snow, down toward the woods along the side of a big L-shaped field, the dog scouting ahead of them, racing back on her tracks to herd her humans together, straining her ears yearningly at the perturbed, watchful sheep.
The NFL is four years away from its 50th Super Bowl, which means it is already trying to plan around a peculiar self-inflicted marketing nuisance: How can the world's most powerful sports league get around putting a big, fat "L" on hundreds of thousands of souvenir T-shirts?
Headlines in the regional press include "Big shambles" (L'Est Republicain), "What chaos!"
So, again, give a big round of applause to the L.A. Galaxy. (Applause.) Congratulations.
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Captain ANDREW SMITH (Director, LAPD Central Division): The three big missions - Union Rescue, L.A. Mission and the Midnight Mission - feed people and they do tremendous job at it.
But to remain efficient and to increase ease of living, it would be excellent to see how open data platforms, new hardware, software, and big data could aid in making L.A. an even better place.
Unquestionably, new ownership in L.A. is a big part of the increased willingness to spend on payroll over the last few months.
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But the jockey had long been successful in big races, winning the 1989 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Carroll House and the Epsom Derby in 1993 with Commander in Chief.
Mark (who describes his own house as "Cape Cod in L.A.") is a big fan of Smith's personal abodes, both old and new.
Monster touts the ingredients taurine, ginseng, L-Carnitine and B-vitamins in big letters across the top of its tall black cans, part of an "energy blend'' the company's website says "packs a vicious punch.
"I'm not sure I understand why new-media companies need to pay to get big companies to pay attention to them, " says Dave L. Balter, founder of BzzAgent, a word-of-mouth marketer that Puris approached about joining up.
The commission had been tasked in the spring of 2009, when several tremors had started hitting the area around L'Aquila, with evaluating the risks of a big earthquake there.
Entrants from Hong Kong and Australia have lifted big prizes at Royal Ascot and Japanese horses have contested in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
Yet he savoured several big-race successes in 2001, most notably when Sakhee claimed the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, notching up Dettori's 100th career Group One win.
L-3 Communications ( LLL - news - people ) has seen big swings in its market value, ultimately slipping 3.1% since January.
L. Burnside, Roosevelt (Booba) Barnes, Lonnie Pitchford, and a powerhouse called Big Jack Johnson.
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