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DIED. Barnard Hughes, 90, intuitive character actor who portrayed warm, often flawed father figures; in New York City. His filmography includes movies as varied as Midnight Cowboy and Sister Act 2, and he made memorable guest appearances on hit TV shows of the '70s (a Roman Catholic priest on All in the Family; an eccentric judge on Lou Grant, for which he won an Emmy). But he was best known for his stage work, in particular his moving turn as a poor gardener who, having just died, haunts his foster son in the 1978 Broadway hit Da. The role...
...Indeed, last week's Middle East confrontation had Bush-folly written all over it-and not just because the Iranian government's cowboy faction might be strutting its stuff. Bush's failure to patiently broker a real Middle East settlement-mostly because he refused to speak to Yasser Arafat or demand concessions from the Israelis-helped lead to Israel's unilateral withdrawal policy in Gaza. Peace isn't made unilaterally. An unstated part of Israeli policy was that provocations by Hamas and Hizballah would have to be met with real force, lest it seem that Israel was merely retreating from...
...seems the ideal spot for an idyll. But lay down a strip of asphalt long enough for a Lear to land, then build a rich dude's dude ranch loaded with Old West ambiance--and, voilą, Lajitas, the Ultimate Hideout, is born. The resort stands as a paean to cowboy culture, attracting wealthy city slickers and adventure seekers...
...chief reason: an imaginative collection of homegrown and hard-to-duplicate guest amenities that include custom-made leather cowboy boots and belts, spa treatments infused with extracts of the native agave plant, cattle drives, shooting contests, plates of rattlesnake cakes and wild-boar schnitzel, and overnight camping trips to a nearby ghost town. The West can be won for $215 to $825 a night. "To capture the attention of travelers, we have to offer a variety of indigenous amenities that create a unique experience at every turn," says Daniel Hostettler, managing director of the $80 million resort development. "That...
...would have merited threats of punitive U.S. action--or at least a tongue lashing. Instead, the Administration has mainly been talking up multilateralism and downplaying Pyongyang's provocation. As much as anything, it's confirmation of what Princeton political scientist Gary J. Bass calls "doctrinal flameout." Put another way: cowboy diplomacy...