The moment has been so baked into America's cultural cake that Tea Party Republicans parroted the phrase, not realizing that the film is a satire of sheep mentality and the man who authored it (screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky) was a political lefty.
—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
The farmer manages a male-only herd of sheep.
—
Lisa Gutierrez
March 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
Deep canyons are best left to the raccoons and coyotes that call them home.
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The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
In the new study, the researchers turned this formula on its head and gave the raccoons the unmodified (but refilled) box for multiple trials to see what the raccoons did.
—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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