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2009
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jack·al
/ ˈjakəl/
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a slender, long-legged wild dog (genus Canis) that feeds on carrion, game, and fruit and often hunts cooperatively, found in Africa and southern Asia. Four species include the
black-backed jackal (C. mesomelas).
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JACKALS ARE DISAPPEARING FROM NILGIRI FORESTS (WITH IMAGE)
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 1/25/2009; 681 words
; ...Sanctuary, to find out why jackals are disappearing. Of the three...species worldwide, the Golden jackal or Canis aureus is found in...other two are side-striped jackal and black-backed jackal. Jackals are omnivorous. They hunt...
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Hot dog; 'Jackal' hopes to be next remake that's a howlin' success.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 11/11/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...But it's never that easy. Take "The Jackal," opening Friday in Boston, in which...disguises. Willis' killer, known as the Jackal, is paid millions by a renegade revenge...the film, is of such magnitude, the Jackal must pit his wiles against the FBI, the...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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EVERY JACKAL HAS ITS DAY; REVIEWS.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 1/11/1998; 700+ words
; Byline: ANTHONY QUINN The Jackal (18) Director: Michael Caton-Jones...Zinnemann's 1973 film The Day of the Jackal isn't perhaps as brilliant as I remember...you can recycle. And so we have The Jackal, an averagely competent thriller directed...
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UNITED KINGDOM: ROYAL MARINES MEET JACKAL DESIGNERS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...first Royal Marines to use the Jackal high mobility vehicles in Afghanistan...he was travelling in. The Jackal is built by Supacat, based...were the first unit to use the Jackals in Afghanistan for a full six...were very satisfied with the Jackal 4x4 vehicles which are used...
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No Masking Intensity; Playoff time for Knights, Jackals
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 4/3/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...visiting New Haven Knights meet the Elmira Jackals tonight at 7 in Game 1 of their best...the teams combined for 79 shots. The Jackals rallied from a two-goal deficit to win...lead in power-play production. The Jackals are well aware of the Knights' expertise...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Jackals split doubleheader
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 7/13/2003; ; 668 words
; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 07-13-2003 Jackals split doubleheader WIRE SERVICE REPORTS Date...Editions.=.Sunday Column: AROUND THE MINORS Jackals split doubleheader The New Jersey Jackals won the opener of Saturday's doubleheader...
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Jackal Ventures Into Highfield House.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 5/23/2002; 593 words
; ...yesterday afternoon left dumfounded after a jackal ventured into a house in the suburb...Ms Vimbai Munyoro, said she saw the jackal jumping the fence into the next-door...the maid who was indoors. "I saw the jackal making its way into my neighbour's yard...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Not all right, Jackal; BARMY BRUCE HAS NO BITE.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 1/8/1998; 700+ words
; The Jackal (18, 126mins) In 1973, the world was...calculating performance in The Day Of The Jackal as a professional hit-man hired to assassinate...preposterous thrillers in a while. Willis is the Jackal, donning a succession of unintentionally...
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`Jackal' looks like what it is: a remake of a dated '73 film
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/14/1997; ; 692 words
; ...requires stars, story and a bad guy. "The Jackal" has all three but still lacks suspense...Zinneman's 1973 film "The Day of the Jackal" credits that screenplay but omits any...code for 18- to 24-year-olds "The Jackal" is a generational anomaly aimed at their...
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'The Jackal' has another day
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/23/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Hoffman Jerusalem Post 01-23-1998 The Jackal Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Screenplay...Based on the screenplay of The Day of the Jackal by Kenneth Ross. Hebrew title: Hatan...Poitier, Diane Venora and Mathilda May The Jackal begins with the following ridiculous premise...
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jackal
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
jackal the jackal was traditionally supposed to go in front of the lion and hunt up prey...the century, it was used to denote a person seen as behaving like a jackal, especially one in a subservient relation to another. More recently...
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The Jackal of Nahueltoro
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
THE JACKAL OF NAHUELTORO See
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Forsyth, Frederick
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...England. Publications Novels The Day of the Jackal. London, Hutchinson, and New York...twenty-five years between The Day of the Jackal and Icon , Forsyth published a series...into popular films. The Day of the Jackal , the first in the series and still widely...
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Canines
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Canidae, including the wolves, coyote, foxes, dingo, jackals, and several species of wild dog. The family also includes...have been successful in Switzerland and Canada. Coyotes, jackals, the dingo, and species of wild dog comprise the rest of...
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Canidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...that comprises several extinct genera and all extant dogs, jackals, and foxes. They are long-legged and digitigrade , with...dogs ( C. familiaris ) are descended, several species of jackals, and the coyote, C. latrans ) are distributed world-wide...
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