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Ford's showpieces are a one-of-a-kind sports version of its Falcon compact, the Challenger I, with a tuned 244-cu.-in. engine and special suspension designed to cruise at 120 m.p.h., and the Cougar 406, with gull-wing doors and a top speed of 160 m.p.h. Chevrolet's sports compact is a 150-h.p. version of the Corvair known as the Monza Spyder, and there are two special show models of the Corvette-the Shark and the Kelly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cars: New Wheels | 4/27/1962 | See Source »

Barracuda BOOM and cougar BOOM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bang Bong Bing | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

...until he cradles the ball in his huge hands does the poker-faced Negro come alive. Then, graceful and cunning as a cougar, Elgin Baylor begins to roam for the Minneapolis Lakers. His hands flicker with the slick skill of a shell-game operator. His dribble is a rapid rat-a-tattoo inches off the floor. Smoothly, surely, Baylor prowls through the elbowing surge under the hoop to nail a Laker with a pinpoint pass, or rises from the floor as though projected to loop a lazy shot through the basket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Young Pro | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

...each Saturday morning episode (11 a.m., E.S.T.) is a plain little moral. It may be a homely little philosophical truth or a wholesome primer on civil defense, bicycle safety, wildlife preservation or freedom of the press. Last week Fury's young friends ran into trouble with a predatory cougar because they had not completed their rifle safety course. But faithful as ever, Fury, a . beautiful black stallion, frightened the critter away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Horse with a Message | 3/10/1958 | See Source »

...animal-against-the-wicked-world theme most touchingly. Michael Ray is completely fetching as the youth and he is supported by a most competent cast. The air and spirit of the bullring is handled freshly and dramatically, as is an absolutely chilling battle between the black bull and a cougar...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: The Brave One | 4/10/1957 | See Source »

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