What it is: Ridden Down (1905-06) by Frederic Remington, oil on canvas Where it is: Amon Carter Museum Why we like it: It’s a work of art whose portrayal of the parched plains makes summertime Fort Worth seem like a tropical oasis. Ridden Down all but trembles with a fever from its sun-scorched landscape. Its sandblasted moonscape is little more than one arid dune and bluff
On Saturday night the radio sprang to life in the kitchen. It was my father-in-law. “There's a chanting mob outside the pack-house,” he said. My heart was throbbing already. I pushed the transmit button: “OK. Keep us informed,” I replied.
The new generation of activists, and the daisy-in-the-rifle protesters who birthed them, is busy with creative ferment, organizing public dissent for the Democratic National Convention here in August.
Jessie M. Amon, 85, died at 6:20 p.m. Monday, June 16, 2008. She was born Aug. 19, 1922, in Kansas City, Kan., to Jesse H. and Bernice M. (Mosier) Henderson.
THE Australia-China clash may be a dead rubber with the Socceroos already through to the next stage of World Cup qualifying but the game may give fans a glimpse of the future.
The NBA has called a personal foul on disgraced referee Tim Donaghy - demanding he pay nearly $1.4 million in restitution for back pay and legal bills. League officials argue in documents filed in Brooklyn federal court that Donaghy, 41, should