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...great grandfather, Bernhardt Vesper, acquired a 25,000-acre ranch in Cotulla, in the southern part of the state. Jeff would spend summers there with his grandparents, Lawrence Preston ("Pop") Gise and his wife Mattie Louise Strait (related to country singer George Strait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jeff Bezos: Bio: An Eye On The Future | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...test--introduced to livestock under controlled circumstances. If the dog has the genes, its joy in the chase proves irresistible. "When we saw the look in his eyes," says Ted Ondrak of his Bouvier des Flandres, "we said, 'We've gotta try this.'" The Ondraks wound up buying the ranch where today's workshop is being held, along with a hundred sheep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Your Dog an Athlete? | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...born in Draper, S.D. on a cattle ranch. My town has less than 100 people in it. I grew up with cows and horses--it was pretty strange. My high school had 17 people in our graduating class. Coming to Harvard, it was just sheer size difference. I had never met a total stranger in my life until I came to Harvard. Or, it would be like, OK, my grandfather knows your grandfather. It's like seven degrees of separation, Kevin Bacon, but it's really like two degrees of Kevin Bacon. I guess I was characterized as a jock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Introducing: Fifteen's 15 | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...promoting the event as a trip for those wanting a New Year's with a spiritual and family orientation," says coordinator Karina Suwandi. Houston socialite Lynn Wyatt canceled a trip to the Pyramids, planned four years ago, in favor of a get-together at the family ranch in South Texas. "Four years ago, going to the cradle of civilization seemed like the right thing to do," Wyatt says. "Now we want more tranquillity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auld Lang Sigh | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...with Tim Schneider `03. He's eating a "bold double-decker chickwich." He expatiates, "I experiment with my chickwich, sometimes ranch, sometimes barbeque, spaghetti sauce and cheese--the chicken Parmesan chickwich. Schneider later adds, "I think me and Domna are friends. We're on a first name basis." "She knows your name?" I ask. "Well, I know hers," he says...

Author: By Jacob Rubin, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Absurdity in Annenberg | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

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