• And finally, the ostrich, an animal that still makes no sense to me.

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  • "The ostrich policy can only work for so long: postponing payment of a bill will not make it go away, " he argued.

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  • Aloe vera and emu oil, extracted from the fat on the backs of the ostrich-like birds, have been used as soothing anti-inflammatory agents for years.

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  • And then there's the Ostrich Pillow, a bean-filled mask that covers your entire head but has a hole for your nose and mouth so you can breathe.

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  • Olive the Ostrich, a cartoon narrated by Mr Harris, and repeats of Rolf's Animal Clinic were no longer being broadcast, the channel's head of publicity, Nicolas Caley, said.

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  • There's another chapter to the ostrich business story, told entertainingly in Dreambirds: The Strange History of the Ostrich in Fashion, Food and Fortune by South African native Rob Nixon.

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  • He first made his living as a kangaroo shooter in outback Queensland where he learned about and fell in love with emus, Australia's largest native bird and the second largest bird in the world after the ostrich.

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  • In particular, the Ferlo is home to emblematic species like the redneck ostrich, the red fronted gazelle and the endangered African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon).

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  • The organisers hope those world-beating dimensions will be enough to earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest ostrich sandwich ever.

    BBC: Iran makes huge ostrich sandwich

  • In the 1980s an ostrich bubble blew again, this time in the States.

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  • Oudtshoorn farmers built grand homes along the town's main thoroughfare, and the number of ostrich farms ballooned.

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  • In order to give ratings for every dimension of a product, the rolling-ball algorithm starts at the extremes: ostrich burgers, say, would count as very adventurous.

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  • The most embarrassing part of the report is a cartoon of an ostrich, above it the caption 'councillors have buried their heads in the sand'.

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  • They had the parade and different types of events in the afternoon, including ostrich and camel races, tug-o-wars and chariot races.

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  • He said while anyone using illegal drugs was criminalised, people were still allowed to buy alcohol and cigarettes, and refusing to examine the issue was "ostrich syndrome".

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  • Still, don't cross an angry ostrich in the wild.

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  • Eventually the public got wise to the Ponziesque flavor to ostrich farming: You couldn't cover your costs selling meat or hides, so your only hope was to sell breeding pairs to bigger fools.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But when you use some of your famous devastating one-liners about people - for example, of David Mellor, "a man who buried his head in the sand like an ostrich thereby exposing his thinking parts" - was that something that personally felt, was it something that you buffed up beforehand?

    BBC: News Online

  • The concept basically states that one cannot act like an ostrich with one's head in the sand while illegal actions are taking place.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Ian Usher, 44, originally from Darlington but now living in Australia, will also take the plunge dressed as an ostrich.

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  • The algorithm then trawls through Tesco's purchasing data to see what other products (staples such as milk and bread aside) tend to wind up in the same shopping baskets as ostrich burgers do.

    ECONOMIST: Algorithms

  • As its name would suggest, the restaurant serves cuts of prime beef, but goes beyond the typical steak with regional fare such as tender ostrich fillet, marinated venison and South African kingklip (cusk eel imported from the coast).

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  • About 1, 500 cooks used 1, 000kg (2, 200lbs) of ostrich meat to make the 1, 500m (4, 920ft) long sandwich.

    BBC: Iran makes huge ostrich sandwich

  • The body and Summicron-M 35mm f2.0 ASPH lens are finished in classic chrome, and the case is covered in brown ostrich leather trim with a matching ostrich leather strap.

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  • In the 91 x 72 cm portrait, Rembrandt is wearing a black velvet cap with two ostrich feathers, a decorative metal band worn round the neck and a short, decorated velvet cape.

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  • Ostrich farmers point out that the flesh of their eccentric bird has half as much fat as chicken, lots of iron, and very little cholesterol - as well as being extremely tasty.

    BBC: Iran makes huge ostrich sandwich

  • "He's like an ostrich with his head stuck in the sand, " McAuliffe said.

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  • Another of Carman's victims, David Mellor , was described as having "behaved like an ostrich and put his head in the sand, thereby exposing his thinking parts".

    BBC: George Carman graphic

  • Many of the Jews who came to Africa were so successful because they were forced to learn many languages, and they were the only ones who could communicate with African ostrich farmers, hunters and traders as well as European governments and businesses.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The organisers want to promote Iran's fledgling ostrich farming business.

    BBC: Iran makes huge ostrich sandwich

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