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...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, you realize they're still in good shape, and they have all kinds of talent...
...afternoon progresses in 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...
...pickups and horse trailers for a 12-hr. stretch every week, sometimes for a mere 7-sec. horseback ride. "People think we're nuts," says Ernest Forsberg, 58, a team roper and president of the N.S.P.R.A., "but I look at most people our age, and they're out of shape because they've quit doing what they love. None of us plan to quit...
...architectural plans for a Faculty of Arts and Sciences-funded renovation to the dilapidated building take shape under the direction of Boston-based firm Leers, Weinzapfel and Associates, College administrators and students are now forced to walk a tenuous line between the merits of tradition and the mandates of College policy...
...spending, more spy satellites, less spy satellites, fine. If it means the "CNN effect," or decreased consumer confidence, fine - they can always sell. If it means America's going to kick butt and we can all proudly go back to our consumerist lives and our primed-for-a-V-shape business cycle by summer, even better. They'll rally till all the terrorists are scattered and the world is safe again...