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...American West, most any plot of land big enough to graze a goat or nurture an apple tree is called a ranch. But by any standards, William Clark's 880-acre spread in California's San Luis Obispo County qualifies. His rolling land has few trees and is more of a barley than a cattle operation. It is surrounded by much larger ranches, which protect the judge's property from encroachment by commercial developers. His air and water are relatively clean...
Anyone looking for clues to Clark's personal inclinations on land use and environmental issues last week was forced to examine such inconclusive evidence. Those who applauded his nomination as Secretary of the Interior stressed that Clark grew up on his parents' ranch in Ventura County and helped run cattle there. For Idaho Republican Senator James McClure, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which will hold confirmation hearings next month on Clark's appointment, it was enough to know that "Bill Clark has a natural affinity for the job, coming from the West and having...
...some lush corners of Nicaragua, food shortages are not a problem. At a doctor's ranch-style home in a tree-lined southern suburb of Managua, thick churrasco steaks wait beside an outdoor barbecue grill as some 20 weekend guests sip cocktails and pick at turtle egg and black conch appetizers. Half a dozen children race through the garden to the swimming pool. Most of the guests are middle-aged relatives. They talk little of politics but much of their kin who have left for the U.S. There is only a brief flare-up of political emotion...
Rafael Centeno Montoya, 30, was outraged by the way the Sandinistas treated Pope . ohn Paul II during his visit to Managua last March. So Centeno left his family, one horse and five mules and joined the rebels. "Pecos Bill," 29, abandoned his 27,000-acre ranch and 2,500 cattle because, as a former second lieutenant in Dictator Anastasio Somoza's National Guard, he feared reprisals after the Sandinistas took over. Maria Cristina Cuadra, 17, first ran into trouble after she was caught pulling down pictures of Revolutionary Heroes Augusto César Sandino and Carlos Fonseca. Afraid...
...opening ceremonies, that lovely Olympic parade, dress may be formal or informal, and even ceremonial, beret to burnoose. For the 1980 Winter Games at Lake Placid, the American athletes came as Western ranch hands in ten-gallon hats. Next summer in Los Angeles, they will come as athletes. After a public vote, or at least a poll of department-store shoppers, the U.S. Olympic Committee elected last week to introduce the 1984 team in sweats and visors, baggy but bright. Some 700 athletes and coaches will be supplied 35 mix-and-match garments by Levi Strauss & Co. The warmup suits...