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Boer
Boer (from Dutch, ‘farmer’) A South African of Dutch descent. See
AFRIKANER.
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Collecting Boer War mail
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 5/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...foreign domination in Boer eyes -- caused many Cape Boers in 1835 to start their...was quickly captured by Boer troops, and the Boers became increasingly nervous...between the British and Boers, respectively, in the Boer War. The British were...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Bored Boers back with Bernstein at the Score.(Sports)(TV & Radio)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 9/19/2003; 700+ words
; ...Ted Cox Well, maybe not everything. But Boers and Bernstein have established themselves...them again middays on WSCR 670-AM after Boers was off the air for a few weeks holding...signing a four-year pact last week, Boers apparently rebuffed offers to take a pay...
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Boer, 73, still calling the games
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...distinguished officiating career, Dave Boer has worked football and basketball games...a state of mind. Irrepressible Richard Boer refuses to act his, for which he deserves...years, he shows no signs of slowing down. Boer now concentrates on freshman and eighth...
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Boer & Spanish goats for meat: it takes less time to feed 120 goats than to milk 10.
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...in Texas, but the Boer has improved meat...better use of browse. Boers have short, bright...daily weight gain. (Boers are known to have...The muscling of the Boer combined with the...range conditions, but Boers are usually confined...investment. Because the Boer and Spanish breeds...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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South Africa: Boers and Britons.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/2/1999; 700+ words
; ...massive army to annex the Boer republics. The Boers fought back so bravely...soldiers to subdue a ragtag Boer force that never topped...army, if captured by the Boers, were often castrated before being shot. Boer women and children in concentration...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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De Boer is determined to retire to the desert with his swagger intact by claiming SPL crown again.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 8/4/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...which surrounds the meeting of Ronald de Boer and an admirer in the fortified car park at Murray Park. De Boer, so the story goes, stopped for a word...stretches as far as a Ford Mondeo.' De Boer replies: 'Yes, I really like the new...
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Why the Boers Lost the War
Magazine article from: African Studies Review; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...why the Afrikaners (Boers) of the twin republics...Africa lost the Anglo-Boer (or South African...convincingly argued that the Boers lost the war the moment...at War," in The Boer War: Direction...settlement. There was Boer hope in 1899 that...by early 1900 the Boers had ...
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Nubian/Boer goat crosses can have a positive outcome.(Country conversation & feedback)
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...then be bred back to a Boer buck and will do fine...production. We, too, raise Boers and Nubians and have had...crossed my Nubians with a Boer buck, I did not have...usually big goats, so are Boers. The only ones you may...because they were bred to a Boer buck, but because they...
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Den Boer Leaving WSU, Set to Transfer to CWU
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 4/29/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...ROGER UNDERWOOD YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Lance Den Boer is becoming a different animal. Den Boer, who became the state's prep career scoring...Central Washington Wildcat. The 6-foot-6 Den Boer confirmed Wednesday that he has signed an institutional...
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Making money with Boer goats.(homesteading)
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 11/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...and kept the doe kids. About that time, Boer goats hit the market for more money (per head) than we paid for our farm. These Boer goats were going to revolutionize the meat...retirement and bought our first fullblood Boer buck for $5,000. Study after study...
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Boer War
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...forces of two “ Boer Republics ”...southern Africa. The Boers lost the war, but resistance...followed and captured the Boer capitals by early June. The largest remaining Boer force was defeated in August 1900. Yet the Boers had already decided to...
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Boer wars
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Boer wars. The first Boer War (1880–1) was hardly more than a skirmish, won by the Boers (Dutch-origin South African farmers...northern frontier of Natal . That gave the Boer republics of the Transvaal and Orange...
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Boer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Boer [Du.,=farmer...French Huguenot descent. Boers are also known as Afrikaners...Hostility between the Boers and the British resulted...1902), after which the Boer territories were annexed...British descent and the Boers. South Africa withdrew...
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Boer Wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...government. The second Boer war (1899–...multiple grievances. The Boers, under the leadership...military alliance. The Boers, equipped by Germany...with reinforcements. The Boers were gradually defeated...that included the loss of Boer independence were not...
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pro-Boer
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
pro-Boer was the misleading name given to those who opposed the government's policy of fighting the Boer war of 1899–1902. Few of them actually...Hobson both forged their reputations as pro-Boers. Bernard Porter
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