Estancia Telken is a small, weatherboard ranch house nestled amid 21, 000 hectares of open plains.

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When ranchers first began raising cattle on the wide-open plains, they used the Osage orange as fencing material.

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Last February, I stood on the rooftop of Nakano Elementary School in Sendai and contemplated the vast open plains near the ocean front.

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On the open plains of Texas, I first learned the character of our country: sturdy and honest, and as hopeful as the break of day.

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The second son of Nelle and Jack Reagan first knew the world as a place of open plains, quiet streets, gaslit rooms and carriages drawn by horse.

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Travelling westbound, the first eye-widening moments come over what must be one of the most scenic breakfasts in existence, as the train moves from wide-open plains and into the Rockies.

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We used to roam the wide plains of the Midwest and the open spaces of the American Southwest in vast herds.

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Many were built on flood plains, meaning residents are stuck in a mosquito-infested open sewer after every heavy rain.

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The open savannahs of the Mkata floodplain, at the heart of the park, are reminiscent of the famous Serengeti plains and a popular feeding ground for herd animals such as elephants, giraffe, zebra and wildebeest.

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