Resisting the onslaught, the Mexicans stampeded a herd of cattle against advancing French lines.

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The answer is that the markets and the foreign exchange markets are no different from any other market, in that sometimes they act like a herd of cattle.

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But in the big picture, owners like Jones and Davis have been little more than the occasional strays in a herd of cattle that follows league marching orders blindly.

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With his savings, he bought land in Kings County to grow cherries and raise a small herd of cattle in the hills of Tulare.

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When economists and politicians say that you can't buck or control the world's financial markets, just think of John Wayne and a herd of stampeding cattle.

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Mr Fidler, who farms a herd of Sussex beef cattle on 250 acres of land in the village of Salfords, has been fighting Reigate and Banstead original council's enforcement notices, requiring the home to be torn down, since 2008.

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It is a mixed farm, with arable crops and a 40-strong herd of beef cattle.

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He failed to remove 354 animal carcasses, having failed to provide adequate nutrition, a suitable diet or appropriate sheltered accommodation for his herd of cattle and flock of sheep.

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But it has now developed a mix of low fares and friendly service that appeals to America's vast herd of cattle-class commuters.

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The nation's cattle herd shrunk by 2% at the end of 2012 from a year earlier, to under 90 million head, the lowest level since 1952.

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