Then they would help you use a two-man crosscut saw to chop off a piece of wood from a tree stump they had spray painted in red with the Old Spice logo.

WSJ: The Scent of a Lumberjack

Butting and shaking, the animal, covered with shaggy black wool, looks as if he is either going to rip the tree from the ground or sacrifice a piece of his head.

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Pondering the situation, he ordered one of the farmworkers to find a really thick piece of leather and to collect sticky mango sap from a nearby tree.

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And being made from the straightest of the straight-grained hinoki tree (Japanese cypress), it is a formidably expensive piece of wood.

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In the most emotional moment of the service Native American Robert Tree Cody, also known as Thunder Bear, performed an original piece of music composed in the tradition of his Maricopa and Dakota ancestors.

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Ron Arons set out to piece together his family's past after discovering a box of documents and a family tree following his parents' deaths.

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