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...lustrous green pocket one hour from Washington where the Mellons and Kennedys have homes, the wealthy have a little-known luxury. It's the imported Argentine polo player, a man who can do a lot for your game--and if you happen to be one of the available local horsewomen, escort you home afterward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MURDER IN POLO LAND | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

Meanwhile, to the religious right, Clinton is practically the Anti-Christ. During the campaign, they waved placards warning TO VOTE FOR BILL CLINTON IS TO SIN AGAINST GOD. More recently the Virginia-based Christian Action Network called on Clinton to "fire the four horsewomen of the apocalypse: Joycelyn Elders, Kristine Gebbie, Roberta Achtenberg and Jane Alexander" -- respectively, the Surgeon General, who advocates condom distribution to high school students; the National AIDS policy coordinator; the Assistant Secretary in the Housing and Urban Development Department and the first openly lesbian nominee to be confirmed by the Senate for a high office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clintonophobia! | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

...Hunt's opening dream sequences, three naked young blades cower in the deep grass while a pack of chic horsewomen come galloping through the glen. Director Edouard Molinaro thus establishes a theme to justify his title. Then, with stylish clowning, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Rich and Jean-Claude Brialy take out after a galaxy of predatory French dolls in wild, whimsical, aimless and occasionally rather funny fashion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Three to Go | 4/30/1965 | See Source »

...swells." The public knew her as "Skittles," and her rich patrons called her "Skitsie." As "the self-crowned queen of mid-Victorian harlotry," she maintained herself in London in such magnificence that the toilet seat in her bathroom was upholstered in swansdown. She was one of the most accomplished horsewomen of the time, was among the first to become proficient in the sport of roller skating (newly imported from America), had the Prince of Wales at her Sunday afternoon parties. Lord Kitchener, with his splendid mustachios, occasionally walked alongside when, in her 60s. Skittles made her parade through Hyde Park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Improper Victorians | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

...Bill of Sale. Early this month another former concentration-camp victim gave Yvonne a tip. The name Yvonne gave to the police was that of one of France's best amateur horsewomen, the Comtesse Fides.de Marliave. Comte Bernard had known the Comtesse de Marliave casually before the war at the very smart riding club, Cercle de l'Etrier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Aristocrats | 10/23/1950 | See Source »

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