Word: cowboy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They're on the sixth floor now. Four or five guys. One's got on a cowboy hat. One's got on a sweatshirt. It looks like ... guns! They've got guns. It's trouble...
There comes a time when even the grittiest cowboy must hang up his spurs. Last week Dallas' Roger Staubach, 38, ranked by the National Football League as the top quarterback in its history, did just that. After five trips to the Super Bowl, four seasons as the league's leading passer, and five concussions last season, he called it quits. In an emotional press conference at Texas Stadiumhe paused several times to hold back the tearshe said he wanted to spend more time with his family but did not rule out a future career...
When Frederick, the pianist, left, he disappeared through an exit by the bar that I hadn't noticed before. A lifesized cowboy painted on the door pointed his six-shooter straight at me. When we left shortly after, I saw that the hole in his gun formed the mouth of a midget clown painted on the outside. The mouth, contorted into an evil grin, said, "Enter never to leave; go forth never to return...
...Cornelia Ravenal fancies herself a character actress, as she switches obnoxiously from mediocre southern to annoyingly silly to inconsistent Eva Gabor in a series of tales. John Smith's problem is different but the results are the same; in "The Little Peasant," Smith plays a tough-talking, thumb-sticking cowboy; unfortunately, he carries the role with him as Cocky-Locky in "Henny Penny" or the count in "The Master Thief...
Neither editor made it past the ninth grade. "I'm black and urban," says Rideau. "Billy's cowboy and conservative." Rideau has written articles for national publications and is under contract to write a book upon his release. His sidekick has won tentative acceptance to law school and hopes to be a legal investigator some day. For the time being they will remain jailhouse journalists; both recently lost bids for clemency. Says Rideau: "We are sitting on a mountain of stories...