Word: ranched
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...happened very fast, which was hard on us," says Taylor, an assistant professor of child and family studies at Syracuse University who is married with four kids. "We had all these concerns. Was this person marrying my mother because he loved her? Was he marrying her for her cattle ranch? How can our mom bring someone into the family we don't even know?" As pictures of their deceased father were taken down in the family home in Fort Collins, Colo., and phone calls from Mom became less frequent, her kids struggled to adjust. Says Taylor: "Now Mom has someone...
...gone to the same high school, and in the hazy years after graduation --both were college dropouts--a shared interest in electronics brought them together. Jobs didn't yet have his own place, so when their formal partnership began, the decision was made in a bedroom at his parents' ranch house in Los Altos, Calif...
...many have media centers with TVs and sound systems, play areas, doghouses and refreshment stations. "No one wants to do the laundry, but you might as well be comfortable while you're doing it," says homeowner Carolyn Hudson of South Shreveport, La. The laundry room in her antiques-filled ranch incorporates a cozy home office where she checks e-mail and shops online as she waits for the tumble...
...Traditional chains such as Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons have closed many outlets in low-income neighborhoods while trying to retain Latino and Asian shoppers with token selections of "ethnic" products in their remaining stores. In response, first-and second-generation Asian Americans have flocked to newer chains like 99 Ranch Market, which runs 25 Asian-targeted stores from Orange County, Calif., to Seattle. And many Latinos have turned to family-owned neighborhood markets for the foods they can't find at their local Ralphs...
...Academy Awards, of which it won eight. Taradash translated the novel’s controversial glimpse into army life before the attack on Pearl Harbor, satisfying both Jones and industry censors. Taradash also wrote or collaborated on several successful Broadway plays and over 11 other films, including the classic Ranch Notorious...