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...sepia-toned picture of Indians on horseback. A spiky desert plant. A name like Hampton Sides? Together that spells “American Epic,” or so the cover of this book seems to imply. It’s manifestly your destiny to buy this book...
...sweet setup with a lady who has this house, she’s the grandmother of a friend of mine, and the house is empty six days of the week, but on Tuesday she comes in and we hang out. On the other six days she’s horseback riding in the country I think. She’s a pretty vibrant 80. 7.FM: You guys have been doing a thorough coverage of Ivy news, even breaking the infamous Aleksey Vayner story. Where do you get all of your information?N: When you go to an Ivy you tend...
...grew up idolizing his great-grandfather, who went into the mountains to lead a revolt against an early 20th century Venezuelan dictator, and Simn Bolvar, South America's 19th century independence hero. "Chvez has always seen himself as that kind of heroic man of action on horseback," says Alberto Barrera, co-author of the biography Hugo Chvez sin Uniforme (Hugo Chvez Out of Uniform). Venezuela's ambassador to the U.N., Francisco Arias, a former classmate who took part with Chvez in a 1992 coup attempt, says that when the two men went through military...
...devotional piety is commonplace. Such mysticism was forged in the trenches of the Iran-Iraq War, a war that was fought on the Iranian side by poor young men indoctrinated to believe they were fighting for Islam; legends developed at the front of the Twelfth Imam riding past on horseback, and when the fighting stopped, such myths found their way into popular culture. Ahmadinejad fought in this war, and absorbed its sensibilities. What matters is that this mysticism is much like saint worship; it does not insist the apocalypse is now, or imminent. No sane, educated person in Iran believes...
...spectacular Alpine setting, ski runs and seemingly endless forests, the Colorado town of Vail is one of North America's best winter resorts. But here's an insider tip: it's sensational in summer too. Low-season activities are snow-free but action-packed, and include biking, hiking, horseback riding and river rafting. Enjoy a round of golf (balls fly 20% further on Vail's high-altitude courses) or an evening of culture (dance and music festivals run through the summer). There's even pleasure to be had in totting up your bill: lodging is discounted...