One of them had a black eye and bruised ears and clearly looked as if he'd been beaten.

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Then in 1977 the BLM noticed some of the horses had distinctive traits, including stripes down the back and on the legs and black-lined hooked ears.

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Dad was in his regular clothes, with the faint greasy streaks of black on his neck and behind his ears.

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Pure bred Herdwick lambs are born largely black, often with tips of white on their ears.

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His big ears, barrel chest, striking blue eyes and helmet of seemingly electrified hair jet black at first and ultimately snow white made him instantly recognizable, a celebrity long before most authors were lured out into the limelight.

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We spiked our hair up, wore black leather jackets and thought about putting safety pins in our cheeks and opted instead for putting them in our ears in place of earrings.

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