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...However: there are an awful lot of us who lust after curvaceous rolling stock, and for so many Camry-dominated years, the only place we've been able to find it is in magazines - or cruising down swank streets like Rodeo Drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wanted: Cool Cars for the Rest of Us | 2/21/2002 | See Source »

...However: there are an awful lot of us who simply lust after curvaceous rolling stock, and for so many Camry-dominated years, the only place we've been able to find it is in magazines - or on Rodeo Drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cars That Make You Go 'Ooh!' | 2/21/2002 | See Source »

...gowned lap as I sit through my much anticipated commencement ceremony this June. I’ll be a mother times three and with the mass of people crammed into Tercentenary Theater, I will have to scour the crowds and rope myself a hubby, Texas-rodeo style.With the mass of people crammed into Tercentenary Theater, I'll stealthily scour the crowds looking for an unsuspecting spectator and pounce like a cat with three hungry mouths to feed. Realizing that my brand new diploma really is worth its weight in gold--ha ha sucka, fools gold that is!--I will leave...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, ANTOINETTE C. NWANDU | Title: In the Stars | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...love to spin dramatic yarns about an 83-year-old barrel racer who competed while legally blind, a one-armed calf roper, and a 66-year-old bronco rider who managed to beat a group of 20-year-olds. Pride motivates the tales, especially because the current crop of rodeo seniors considers itself the last generation to hone its skills by working on ranches rather than at specialized roping schools or college rodeos. "So many people get older and begin to shut down," says Kedo Olson, who emcees the N.S.P.R.A.'s shows, "but when you see those people compete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going For It: Ride 'Em, Pops! | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

...Redmond, so does the audience, gradually cheering the competitors on the basis of their performance rather than their age--an about-face from the outset of the show. "I wish I was still in the kind of shape where I could get in there," says Rust Cox, 68, a rodeo fan from Primeville, Ore. The seniors revel in such reactions and say the puny purse money is irrelevant. "We just love the competition, and when people see us compete and can't believe that we can perform at this level, that's a wonderful feeling," says Bob Stoddard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going For It: Ride 'Em, Pops! | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

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