Word: ranchers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...returned to the U.S., Volcker's image underwent a transformation. The central banker became a folk hero of sorts. Citizens started approaching Volcker on the street and thanking him for what he had done. Volcker was sitting in a coffee shop during an outing in Montana when a local rancher in a Stetson and faded jeans suddenly recognized him and ( ambled up. It looked as if the cowboy might be aiming to pick a fight over monetary policy, but instead he pulled out a $10 bill and asked Volcker to autograph...
John Hall has been a cattle rancher on the Laikipia Plateau for 23 years. The safari guide, Chrissie Aldrich, brought the visitor up from Nanyuki to Hall's Enasoit Ranch. Hall's neighbors regard him as an eccentric because he gives the wild animals the free run of his ranch. At one time, he and his wife Thelma had a large lovely garden in their front yard, but the elephants systematically demolished it. Hall says cheerfully that he decided to enjoy watching the elephants instead of watching his flowers...
...park. Says George Tallchief, principal chief of the tribe: "It will make it prohibitive for independent oil producers to come in and drill." Local ranching interests are also unhappy about losing valuable grazing land, which they insist is already in good hands. "This is my heritage here," says Rancher Mark Freeman Jr. "Who in the hell do you think has kept this prairie in the shape it's in today...
...problems may stem partly from questionable policies. One of InterFirst's subsidiary banks gave an $80 million loan to former Director Edwin Cox Jr., a wealthy Texas rancher. Cox resigned last month after the value of his collateral became inadequate. Banking regulators are studying whether InterFirst broke a U.S. law that puts restrictions on loans to bank directors...
...groups. Leif and Lori--described by a neighbor as "the kind of girl who used to wear jeans, climb fences and carry rocks in her pockets"--were married outdoors on a working ranch in a small grove of oak trees by a creek. Thinking about the troubled farm economy, Rancher John Wilson looked around and said, "It's a happy thing to see all the cars here and not have it be an auction...