Stories: Old West & Beyond 02.25.25
"Leadership requires action: daring to take steps that are necessary but unpopular, challenging the status quo in order to reach a brighter future." —Benazir Bhutto _____________________________________ 1. THE OLD WEST: BOUNTY HUNTERS Bounty hunters wielded broad power and authority in the Old West. It was a dangerous career but potentially profitable for the independent “Bounty Hunter.” _____________________________________ 2. THE OLD WEST: MORE DANGEROUS THAN OUTLAWS Some bounty hunters were more dangerous than the outlaws they pursued. Others worked as lawmen with a side business as bounty hunters. _____________________________________ 3. THE SHOCK OF BEING ALONE According to a University of Virginia study, most people, regardless of age, hate being alone. _____________________________________ 4. A SECRET WORKSHOP OF ARTISTS UP TO NO GOOD An Italian art crime squad raided a secret workshop on the outskirts of Rome and discovered a workshop packed with equipment designed to produce forgeries of famous works of art. The 71 fake paintings included works by Rembrandt, Picasso, Pissaro, and others. _____________________________________ 5. IT’S NOT JUST FOOD THAT HAS A TIMESTAMP I know someone ruthless about food expiration dates. Even if the product is one day past the timestamp, it goes into the trash. But all kinds of products have expiration dates. _____________________________________ 6. POLITICOS TAKE FLACK FOR RISING PRICES BUT SOMETIMES IT’S JUSTIFIED Voters, generally, get angry when prices trend upward. But, according to the newsletter Kite & Key, Congress is directly responsible for increasing the cost of living. But most of us never know about it. _____________________________________ 7. AUTHORS WHO USED PSEUDONYMS AND WHY Mary Ann Evans, Richard Bachman, and Richard Saunders have achieved literary fame. But those weren’t their real names. _____________________________________ 8. HOW MANY U-S PRESIDENTS CAN YOU I-D FROM THEIR YOUNGER PHOTOS? Here’s a quiz where you match the throwback photo to the correct commander-in-chief. I scored 12 out of 15. Let us know if any of you get a perfect score. _____________________________________ “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” —Ernest Hemingway _____________________________________ |