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...manner, if not in his top-level earnings, Ferguson is typical of a new breed of cowboy that is rapidly transforming the rodeo from a rowdy range spectacle to a disciplined, businesslike sport. Fully one-third of the 3,000-member Rodeo Cowboys Association today have attended college, and only half have ever worked on a ranch-rodeo's traditional training ground. For them the path upward winds through "Little Britches" (the cowboy's equivalent of the Little League), high school competition and eventually college teams.*Competitors put up with the serious training regimen in return...
...break the bones of contestants. Shot into the arena on the back of an insanely bucking bull or bronc, the rider must stay aboard for eight frantic seconds, holding on by his spurs and a rope cinch that he is allowed to grasp with only one hand. If the cowboy survives the frenzied ride, two judges score his effort for degree of difficulty and quality, usually awarding the best performance 75 or 80 out of a possible 100 points...
Midnight at the Welles features two baddies. Pink Flamingos is stupid, trashy, and disgusting. You'd be better off staying home and watching the radio than seeing this. Zachariah, campy version of the cowboy movie, features Josh Rubenstein (son of Arthur), Country Joe and the Fish and the Firesign Theater. Cute, but not very. Boring...
Amid a DeMillean display of press-agentry, the Bricklin car-product of cowboy-booted, Indian-beaded Millionaire Malcolm Bricklin, the first American to start an auto manufacturing business from scratch in 28 years (TIME, May 27)-made its official debut last week at Manhattan's elegant Four Seasons restaurant. Though its stress is on safety, it turned out to be a sporty-looking, high-priced ($6,500) vehicle with several unusual features. Its gull-wing doors need only a 10-in. clearance to open fully, minimizing the risk of side swipes. Polyurethane bumpers are designed to absorb the shock...
...Thomas and Samantha Eggar to establish Kissinger as a "secret swinger." When Kissinger's role is less engaging, newsmen tend to look the other way. The press scarcely dwelt on Kissinger's embarrassing 1973 interview with Italian Journalist Oriana Fallaci, in which he saw himself as a "cowboy-alone astride his horse." There was little journalistic wincing, either, over Kissinger's extravagant remark at Salzburg that he hoped his diplomatic efforts would mean that "perhaps some mothers can rest more at ease"-a thought that would have brought derision had it been uttered by Nixon...