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THE IDLE AMERICAN: Catching up is hard to do

THE IDLE AMERICAN: Catching up is hard to do
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The story goes that a long-ago West Texas man — beloved in his community — talked incessantly about Fort Worth, his favorite city, even though he’d never been there. He usually referred to it as “Cowtown” or “Where the West Begins.” (The former nickname was introduced by cattle barons in the 1860...

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