Larry Benoit, who tracked whitetail deer through the snowy woods of northern New England and southern Canada for more than seven decades, shooting at least 200 of the biggest and most prized specimens, known as trophy bucks, while becoming one of the nation's most revered deer hunters, died on Oct. 8 at his home in Duxbury, Vt.
So, they're going to try to raise a few more bucks by becoming a publicly-owned company — hopefully enough that they can launch their latest line and perhaps make a dent in the market.
Lower Bucks County is becoming a bedroom community for people with good jobs in Manhattan, a 50-minute train ride.
It's the latest unconventional media appearance by the president, who bucked tradition by becoming a regular guest on daytime and late-night talk shows while in office and has continued to reach out via new formats, including the mock talk show "Between Two Ferns," the podcast "WTF," Vice's special report "Fixing the System" and the outdoor reality series "Running Wild With Bear Grylls".
"Don't ask, don't tell" is fast becoming the buck that never stops.
The reactions the news stirred -- a mix of praise, incredulity and derision -- beg the question: What is it like to be in the small group of men in this country who buck marital naming traditions, becoming Mr. Fill-In-Wife's-Name-Here?
In 1940, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, before becoming a major in the intelligence corps and being seconded to the Foreign Office from 1943 until the end of the war.
In "The Great McGinty" (1940), Preston Sturges introduced a bum who happily casts his vote in thirty-seven different precincts, for two bucks a pop, before becoming first a cog and then a wrench in the political works.
Honestly, I think it's a good and noble idea and I would want one, but I am not sure I could justify 300 bucks for it (without becoming an executive type, in which case I probably wouldn't need it anyway because people would then be typing out my twitter feed and and reading it to me while I play golf, right?).
The Danes have a record of rejecting European treaties in referendums, but seem to be bucking the EU trend by becoming less Eurosceptic.
Bucking the trend of airports becoming destinations unto themselves, San Juan's is purely an in-and-out experience for most business travelers.
