Coastal Bermuda covered the field in front of the house and a herd of karakul sheep kept the grass under control. From Wordnik.com. [Clean Kill]
Namibia's Swakara karakul pelt prices increased by a record 70 percent at an auction in Copenhagen, Denmark on Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Agriculture: largely subsistence farming and nomadic animal husbandry; cash products - wheat, fruits, nuts, karakul pelts, wool, mutton. From Wordnik.com. [The 1994 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Help would be given with emergency grazing, communal farmers would get financial help to buy fodder and subsidies would be provided to karakul farmers. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The reason is not our minks, which are inferior to the Americans ', or lynx, which are too few, or karakul, which, after all, is sheepskin; the reason is Soviet sable. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
Beside the blue van stood a smiling man in the ubiquitous white pajamas, with a cap of curly black karakul - the fur from a newborn lamb, she happened to know - upon his head. From Wordnik.com. [Call Of The Heart]
After his early dalliance as the dapper darling of the international community, in his karakul cap and cape stylishly draped over a statesman's grey flannel suit, Karzai proved his skill as an Afghan trader. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Mailander: Karzai's Next Feat] Reference
"I went back to my village in Logar wearing my karakul hat," said Ahmed, an Afghan in his. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Mr. Karzai himself once, at a military ceremony in Kabul, explained his affection for the karakul hats. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
He hesitated, and finally declared that he could not venture in the direction where the karakul had appeared. From Wordnik.com. [Twice Lost] Reference
Karzai, wearing his traditional clothes but without his trademark karakul hat, was also grinning while discussing the child. From Wordnik.com. [democracyarsenal.org] Reference
If after the application of these remedies the patient does not get better, the karakul declares that it is his own fault, and washes his hands of it. From Wordnik.com. [Twice Lost] Reference
Cattle raising is predominant in the central and northern regions, while karakul sheep and goat farming are concentrated in the more arid southern regions. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Mr. Karzai's affection for the karakul hat is so strong that, if the hatters 'accounts are to be believed, he has purchased dozens of them since taking office. From Wordnik.com. [ModerateVoters.org] Reference
By dint of cross-questioning Pullingo, we learned from him that the karakul was, as we suspected, a sorcerer -- a being with unlimited power over the lives of all who offend him. From Wordnik.com. [Twice Lost] Reference
Naggernook and his attendants had been watching our proceedings, and when they saw that we were advancing in the direction of the mound they bolted off, crying out, "karakul! karakul!". From Wordnik.com. [Twice Lost] Reference
When Mr. Karzai, a Pashtun from the turban-wearing south, took office in 2002, the karakul hat was part of his attempt to devise a wardrobe that was Afghan rather than ethnic or regional. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Less costly are those made from lambs killed immediately after delivery; because karakul sheep are extremely protective of their young, that often means slaughtering both together, or forcibly separating them. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
"I went back to my village in Logar wearing my karakul hat," said Ahmed, an Afghan in his 50s, who was shopping for a new hat, "and people laughed. From Wordnik.com. [Local News from Tuscaloosa News] Reference
Agriculture: wheat, fruits, nuts, karakul pelts; wool, mutton. From Wordnik.com. [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference
Agriculture -- products: wheat, fruits, nuts, karakul pelts; wool, mutton. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Afghanistan: opium poppies, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, karakul pelts. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Agriculture - products: opium poppies, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, karakul pelts. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Namibiadiamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins. From Wordnik.com. [Exports-commodities] Reference
Namibia diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Namibia: diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Blue mink, white mink, standard mink, blue fox, silver fox, red fox, ermine, lynx, karakul. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
Exports: diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins. From Wordnik.com. [Namibia] Reference
Exports—commodities: diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins. From Wordnik.com. [Namibia] Reference
Exports - commodities: diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Exports -- commodities: diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Total value: 1,420, commodities are diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium, cattle, processed fish, karakul skins. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
1993) commodities: diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium, cattle, processed fish, karakul skins partners: Switzerland, South Africa, Germany, UK. From Wordnik.com. [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference
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