Word: ranched
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...farm; in 1986 he and his wife made a midlife decision to spend three years as Catholic missionaries in Africa, working at a nutrition center in Zambia. Then there were the "Salazar Boys." U.S. Senator Ken Salazar and his brother John, a member of Congress, were raised on a ranch without a telephone or electricity. Senator Salazar was the only freshman Democrat elected to the Senate from a red state during George W. Bush's 2004 victory. He is a moonfaced fellow whose modest demeanor belies his reputation as an ecumenical annoyer of special-interest groups. He once called...
...Hillary Clinton is in the White House and planning her re-election on a tread-softly foreign policy platform after the debacle of the U.S. attack on Iran's nuke facilities launched in the last throes of President Bush's Administration. Bush himself, holed up on his ranch since 2008, is losing his battle with the bottle. Across the pond, having prolonged his departure from 10 Downing Street to within a few weeks of a general election, Blair resigns and ponders his next role. But on the sidelines, an unlikely campaign to bring the former PM before an international criminal...
...string of nasty surprises. The Israeli military went to war in Lebanon but failed to defeat Hizballah, shattering the notion that the Israeli Defense Forces could crush any Arab threat. His son Omri faces jail on corruption charges. Hamas runs the Palestinian government. His beloved Sycamore Ranch in the Negev is within striking distance of Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza. His friend and crony Moshe Katzav, the President of Israel, is under investigation for rape. Sharon would also learn that with Olmert's limp hand at the helm, the fortunes of his Kadima party are fast sinking; a poll last...
...Mexico is my home. I have no idea why. It's where I belong. I love everything about it. I love the terrain. I love the people. In my teens I worked on a dude ranch there. You can't get sopaipillas [a type of fried doughnut] anywhere else. I know people that have moved back to New Mexico from other states because they couldn't get sopaipillas. It's a good death food: it'll kill you in a minute, but it's a good death...
...Kenedy Ranch project is in limbo after local officials denied a $100 million local tax abatement, and Hunt vows there will never be a wind farm on the King Ranch. The 80 or so descendants of Capt. Richard King who share the King Ranch brand, land and businesses want to preserve the fabled ranching legacy and the land. The two ranches sit in the path of "the River of Birds," the flyway that brings birds from Canada to Mexico, including whooping cranes. Birding enthusiasts are just a few of the eco-tourists, along with hunters and fishermen, that are creating...