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"Good fences make good neighbors." What exactly did poet Robert Frost have in mind?(TALKING PICTURES)(Photograph)
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July 1, 2009
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Caption: Ranch fence in the Badlands, South Dakota.
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Caption: Matilda tries to get through a hole in a Gunnerbury fence, England.
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