Word: ranches
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...stoic. He is forced to work the equivalent of several weeks a year to repair, as best he can, all the damage done to his property by never-ending swarms of illegal aliens. "Patience is my forte," he says, "but it's getting lower." The 14,000-acre Ladd ranch, in his mother's family since the 1800s, is right on the border. Ladd and his wife and three sons as well as his father and mother have their homes there. The largely flat, scrub-covered piece of real estate, with its occasional groves of cottonwoods, spiny mesquite and clumps...
Border crossing at the Ladd ranch is so flagrant that sometimes the illegals arrive by taxi. A dirt road parallels the border fence and the Ladd property for several miles, in full view of border-patrol electronic lookout posts that ceased functioning long ago. When drivers reach an appropriate location, passengers pile out and run through one of the many holes in the fence and make their way across the ranch...
...apologized, while the shooter said, "It's one of the worst days of my life." Couldn't Cheney have apologized for shooting his friend without making the statement all about himself? Georganna Dickson Hightstown, New Jersey, U.S. What a bunch of brave hunters was at Armstrong Ranch! They rode around in old jeeps and got out to shoot helpless birds. Real sports, aren't they? Walter Phillips Grand Rapids, Minnesota, U.S. Ciao, Torino It is unfortunate that Canadians will remember the Torino Olympics [Feb. 27] more for the quarterfinal elimination of our men's hockey team than for our record...
Spent a night at George W. Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch...
FARM AID Saddled with $16 million in IRS debt, country crooner Willie Nelson had to let the agency sell off his 44-acre Texas ranch in 1991. But the auction's winner, who paid $204,000, didn't send Nelson on the road again. He returned the home to the singer, praising Nelson's longtime advocacy of farmers...