1.   A three-legged dog walks into a saloon in the old west.

2.   Brokaw described Colorado as a state where the tension of the old west meets the pressures of modern American.

3.   Even in less-trendy communities, the rawhide image of the old west is softening a little.

4.   The parabolic arch over the old arrivals hall has already been demolished, as has the old west concourse, and the rest of the structure will soon follow.