Lebanon hostage crisis 1991, Hezbollah had released the last hostage in return for Israel's release of imprisoned Shi'ites. Lebanon hostage crisis The Lebanon hostage crisis was the kidnapping in Lebanon of 104 foreign hostages between 1982 and 1992, when the Lebanese Civil War was at its height. The hostages were mostly Americans and Western Europeans, but 21 national origins were represented. At least eight hostages died in captivity; some were murdered, while others died from lack of adequate medical attention to illnesses. Those taking responsibility for the kidnapping used different names, but the testimony of former hostages indicates that almost all the kidnappings
I'd Like to be in Texas for the Roundup in the Spring sung by many of the great cowboy singers, including Buck Ramsey, Don Edwards, and Red Steagall. It tells of cowboys sitting in the lobby of a New York hotel, reminiscing about Chicago, New Orleans, and other exciting places they have been. When they ask a grizzled older cowboy for his opinion, he recalls the sights and sounds of roundups when he was "...foreman on a cowranch—that's the calling of a king." Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. I'd Like to be in Texas for the Roundup