Word: ranching
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...superior script is paired with a talented cast. Each character-from the greedy ranch owner to the pathetic, crippled stable boy-rings true. This across-the-board excellence pays tribute to both the director and the actors It seems that Sinise strove for historical accuracy to great success. Veteran actor Ray Walston as Candy, also a survivor of the Depression, contributes a moving performance convincing the audience of the isolation of a ranch hand's life...
...members of Harvard's men's and women's polo teams abandoned the calm New England pastures for the sun-baked Texas ranch of former Harvard polo player Tommy Lee Jones...
...FREIGHT TRAIN RUMBLED TO A HALT ON A CATTLE ranch in Hudspeth County, and workers began unloading biologically treated sludge onto the dry West Texas earth. County Judge Billy Love reflected on the manurelike mush with satisfaction. "This is about as big a blessing as the community could hope for," he declared. "The gains for us far outweigh any dangers...
...everybody in Hudspeth County concurs. Ever since an Oklahoma consortium, MERCO, announced plans to turn the old 128,000-acre ranch into a repository for millions of tons of New York City sewage, local ranchers and townsfolk have worried about toxic pollution spilling into their air, their soil and the waters of the nearby Rio Grande. But overall there was a strong show of support for the project, because MERCO offered 35 jobs and a $10,000 weekly payroll...
...have sent Bush tumbling in the polls and fueled speculation that Secretary of State James Baker, the engineer of Bush's 1988 election victory, would have to put aside his diplomatic portfolio and bail out his old friend once again. During a fishing trip at the Secretary's Wyoming ranch last week, Bush seemed to leave the door open to such a move, saying he hadn't "yet" discussed Baker's return. But it is a foregone conclusion inside the Administration -- especially in the wake of Ross Perot's exit and Bill Clinton's surge in the polls. "There...