Word: ranched
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GIVEN ALL THE UNCERTAINTIES, THE CITY'S evacuation plan is simple: Get out of town before a bad storm strikes. Vera Trippett, 34, stood in her three-bedroom ranch house in Gentilly last week, contemplating the rapidly approaching hurricane season. Her house stewed for weeks in 10 ft. of nasty water after Katrina. She's reluctant to put her trust in the levees, but, she says, "I do have faith in the Corps' need not to be embarrassed again." As a result, she and her husband John are finishing repairs. They have gutted their house, put in hurricane-resistant windows...
...Washington "color" stories about which newly elected officials are rooming together. This year's featured the Salazar brothers (Rep. John and Sen. Ken, both D, Colo.) - who share a two-bedroom, one-bath "luxury apartment" - along with an obligatory sitcom pitch: "The Salazars." Two brothers grow up on a ranch, come to Washington and encounter all kinds of goofiness, like an army of reporters in their kitchen asking hygiene questions...
...flavoring, tea is turning up in upscale chocolates and ice creams. But it is particularly tasty in this new line of Tea Cookies from Torn Ranch. Flavors include masala chai, green-tea jasmine, African rooibos with guava and peppermint chill. Made with real tea, butter, pure vanilla and organic flour, they're perfect with chai...
...Almost everything but the mannequins themselves seemed to have come off a ranch. Ponyskin and calf were favorites. Designer John Weitz cut a pair of pants out of saddle leather, lined a coat of the same fabric with a horse blanket. Adele Simpson put some of her models in outfits with matching boots, either knee- or ankle-height, all high-heeled. No one did anything with an armadillo. The hit of the week, as much for his hot running commentary as for his clothes, was Oleg Cassini. NATTY IN A NAVY BLUE, NIPPED-IN-WAISTED SUIT, CASSINI PEPPERED HIS COLLECTION...
...summit. Months before Hu was due to arrive in the U.S., Beijing's preoccupation with securing a photo-op at the White House had already injected a sour note to the trip. A senior U.S. official says Hu and his entourage were initially offered a visit to Bush's ranch in Texas or an overnight stay at Camp David in the hope that they might establish a rapport in a more casual setting. But Beijing's insistence on a formal reception at the White House led to those offers being dropped. The squabbling broke out in public in March when...