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...wanted to bring a sense of fun and adventure, and elements of the emerging playground movement, to what we saw as a somewhat-stuffy city,” said one Bandito who referred to himself as "Bandito...

Author: By Michelle B. Timmerman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting Cozy at Cambridge Common | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...PERSONA--THE bandito mustache, the Stetson hat--screamed "bold adventurer dude," and with good reason. Self-taught American explorer Douglas (Gene) Savoy, called "the real Indiana Jones" by PEOPLE magazine, discovered more than 40 lost cities in Peru, including the storied Vilcabamba, thought to have been the last refuge of the Incas as they fled Spanish conquistadors. Archaeologists who said some of his findings had already been established by locals were dismissed by Savoy, who called them "fuddy-duddy academics." Scientists, he said, "tell you what you have found, but you have to find it in the first place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 1, 2007 | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...from A Fistful of Dollars, plays the Good: a gruff silent type with at least a shred of principle. Eli Wallach plays the Bad, a cruel devil named Angel Eyes who’ll do anything to get his hands on the gold. Finally, Tuco is a wild-eyed bandito who’s Ugly any way you look at it.  With the trio—and the Civil War—the action approaches today’s Hollywood extravagance. Leone weaves a rich narrative tapestry together, combining gunfighting thrills, a witty script and a classic soundtrack...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Happening :: Listings for the Week of August 1-August 7 | 8/1/2003 | See Source »

...know if this is bandito or it's amigo, o.k.?" says the voice on the flight recorder. "Es posible we'll get him to land in Iquitos and check, O.K.?" And later: "Don't shoot! No mas! No mas!" An audiotape and State Department report released last week make clear that language barriers were a key factor in the mistaken shooting down of a U.S. plane by a Peruvian military jet in April, killing an American missionary, Veronica Bowers, and her daughter Charity. The CIA-contracted U.S. pilots, watching from a surveillance plane, repeatedly voiced concerns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ?Como Se Dice, Don't Shoot? | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...being STUPID, Kingfish?" said the Frito Bandito, as he began to deal the next hand. "If you could ever get white folks to admit that black folks are owed reparations for slavery, they'd probably try to pay it off with Confederate money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Confederacy of Dunces | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

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