Nero, a mixture of fierce breeds in a line known locally as guard dogs, was valued for his strength, his formidable jaws, and his resonant bark.
As vividly as they wear their regional colors, these characters have one thing in common with their counterparts on the coast: a love of the land so fierce it breeds both righteous eco-warriors and plundering thieves, often in the same family.
Yet lucrative markets breed fierce competition.
Mr. Bennington's worldview could be bleak and his lyrics self-lacerating, but his honesty and the steeliness of his vocals on tender subjects bred fierce loyalty in the band's listeners.
This fascinating glimpse into the troglodyte world of the city's sewer workers or "sandhogs" - almost a race apart, united by a filthy and dangerous job that breeds fierce loyalties, which, when they break down, cause deadly feuds - lifts Bad Blood above your average nerve-racker.
Paul Lester talks to her about her rising fame and being part of a new breed of fierce female MCs.
Males usually reach sexual maturity at six years; however, as competition for females is fierce, many do not breed until the age of eight or ten.
In France, Italy and Russia, autocratic and clerical regimes bred a fierce anti-clericalism, which slaughtered thousands of priests and nuns and tens of thousands of believers whenever a revolution brought it to power.
The Scene Norfolk's blend of high culture and the great outdoors, coupled with enough fanciful old buildings to earn it 24 entries in the National Register of Historic Places, has bred a fierce loyalty among weekenders.
The region is known for its brine lagoons, rough pasture, pink flamingos, red rice, salt mines, fierce mosquitoes and an ancient breed of white horses.
Dogs that ignore their master or the sheep do not become parents, a fierce selective pressure on the breed's behavior.
