Chinese restaurant menus. "Ride needed to Forbes." "Room available, Female only." "2004 RangeRover, 120K, best offer over $5K." All the genres I'd exp...ct were represented. I was scanning the "wanteds": opera tickets, football tickets, computers, room-mates (at least five proclivities), etc. Just like a real university.My phone rang. It was Sarah. "Where are you?" In the lobby. I didn't know where you'd gone." Oh. I'm in ... No! I'll be there in a minute."She was."Do you have a cheque book?" Of. Everythin' else, he's the top kick, but somebody has to decide what to do and when to do it. That ain't Charlie. Dad's housebound, so he can't see what's goin' on. That leaves me ... so here I am."That explained it. I had wondered how the ranch could survive without Rance for five years, not counting when he was in the service. His father was the decision maker until he was injured. Now his son was in charge.We rode for a couple of hours before stopping at a small creek to let the horses drink.. “I want you to have this,” Beth said as she laid it in my hands and took a seat on the edge of a couch facing me. It was a one of those little personal diaries so many young girls wrote in during that time and as I touched it I could almost feel her spirit flow into my hands.“Are you sure?” I asked looking over at Beth. “Yes, Mom mentions you in there, in very personal details.” She said with a smile, “It is not something I wanted to throw out yet the personal thoughts seem to center around. "Stop immediately, and put your hands on yourhead!" boomed a sudden voice over a loudspeaker.? Irina froze,temporarily paralyzed with shock.? Ablinding light was pointed at her, and she found herself staring at a Russianpatrol vehicle perhaps twenty meters from where she stood.? Running on a fuel cell engine and sportinginfrared sensor technology, the vehicles were silent and nearly impossible tospot in the darkness.? There was always asmall chance of encountering a random patrol on one of.