Malcolm Crowther, speaking for the Health and Safety Executive, said the woman looking after the horse, Lucas, had been told by the owner to remove the bridle and replace it with a lighter head collar, to allow him to feed.

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She tightened her scarf around her neck, tugged up her coat collar, lowered her head, and walked toward Broadway with her fists punched down into her pockets and her purse clinched under her arm.

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Also in the group of donated works is a stylized royal portrait from the late 16th century, "Commemorative Head of an Oba, " which shows the ruler's head chin-deep in a collar made from coral beads and capped with a crown made from braided strings and other beads.

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Seated across from her, I was able to look beyond her strained face to the back of her head, the back of her blouse collar showing through her hair, the top of her shoulder blades.

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The dog, on whose collar hung an identification tag, tilted his head and panted as if patiently awaiting an explanation.

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Their shoulder blades -- not head -- were the point of contact, and the "collar" was used not to give additional force to a blow, but further to protect the neck.

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Months before an animal fur appears on the head of a Russian oil baron or as a chin-caressing collar on a Manhattan socialite, it makes a global journey that may include a stop in a nondescript warehouse in Toronto.

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If you drape it around your neck or over your head, or for the athlete, around your neck with the ends tucked inside the collar of your shirt, it does wonders, without getting in the way.

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