Word: ranching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President remained unwontedly silent for a day at his ranch, where he is resting for this week's scheduled surgery, then decided on a philosophic approach. "I would be less than frank if I didn't tell you that I am sorry we lost any Democratic seats," he said. The losses "somewhat exceeded" his expectations, he continued, and would make it "more difficult for any new legislation." But he noted, with unusual magnanimity, that perhaps it was a good thing after all "to see a healthy and competent existence of the two-party system...
...inductions in the past four months have ranged between 37,000 and 50,000 a month, totaling about 161,000. "I think that in each of the next four months they will average less than 25,000," McNamara told newsmen at the LBJ ranch...
...life. Flagged down for speeding, he got in a scuffle with a Texas state trooper-and caught a .357 magnum bullet in the belly. Four operations (plus 30 days in jail) later and 58 lbs. lighter, he went to work on Benbow's 2,600-acre cattle ranch in Yoakum, Texas, tossing 80-lb. hay bales to rebuild his atrophied muscles. Finally, last June, Williams scored a third-round TKO over Tod Herring, the tenth-ranked heavyweight contender, thereby won a shot at Champion Clay...
...already decided how to spend it. "I'm going to have a stable of 40 to 50 young fighters," he says. "I want them from every race and creed, from all over the world." Benbow plans to build a woodworking plant on his ranch; his boxers will spend their days turning out "the finest cabinets a man can buy," do their training evenings. He already has advertised for applicants in The Ring and claims to have received 50,000 responses-including one from a would-be boxer in the South Pacific islands of Tonga who stands...
...President announced that he is leaving Washington today, under doctor's orders, for a period of rest at the LBJ ranch in Texas. He will undergo surgery within the next 15 to 18 days...