Rourke added that she would continue to oversee the Bush theatre's move into its new home at the old Shepherd's Bush Library before joining the Donmar.

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Mr Miller was referring to the old Shepherd's Hotel in the Arab district of Sheikh Jarrah, a long-empty building that a Jewish-American developer has bought and proposes to turn into apartments for Jewish settlers.

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Antonio Fronteddu is a 70-year-old retired shepherd and he has spent decades roving among these peaks.

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The FBI tactical dog, a 2-year-old Czech German shepherd named Ape, had just completed its training a month ago and was on its second mission.

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Never mind the WWII-style evacuee dress we've also just had to buy for the class assembly - I remember going to school wrapped in an old dust sheet to be a shepherd.

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They belong to a 150-year-old order, the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.

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Take, for example, Randy Shepherd, a 36-year-old father of three who has reached the end of his ability to survive on a pacemaker.

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"I haven't seen it like this since the blizzard in February, " said Lisa Horvath, a 32-year-old yoga instructor who was walking Eli, her German Shepherd.

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Shepherd, the father of a 5-year-old daughter and 17-month-old son, cites the group Wee Hairy Beasties as an example.

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