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And he was known as a hostile, silent man at the chutes, on the street, in the hotel lobbies.†
Chpt 34 *
When rodeo folk gathered to swap stories, in hotel rooms, in hotel lobbies, or at the arena waiting for a program to start, the conversation always came around to saddle broncs, which always have been and always will be the heart of rodeo, So, when they gathered and talk began, during Tom Black's spectacular years, somebody would mention Steamboat or Midnight.†
Chpt 35

Definitions:

(1) (lobbyist)
someone who is paid to influence legislation through persuasion of public officials
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)