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Buck the Bull: Understanding Life, Death

By Julie Zickefoose
Published November 2, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Commentator Julie Zickefoose likes to stop and visit with one of her neighbors in the rural part of Ohio where she lives: Buck, an enormous Angus bull. He has taught her much about the nature of life, death and friendship.

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Julie Zickefoose
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