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...work. A young spiv describes his lovely nasty life in the golden months when he is headed for Borstal (reform school) but has not yet arrived there. Love intrudes, in the form of the nubile daughter of the local ragman (U.S. "junk dealer"), a rich man who drives a Jaguar and provides his daughter with a chestnut filly, which she rides about the slum. She and our hero fall to stealing things-just for kicks in her case. Their shared criminality lends something special to the times they have a bash. He goes to jail while she bears his child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Laureate of the Losers | 2/7/1964 | See Source »

...Full Ashtray. Ferraris are too popular; a Jaguar sedan is still O.K., but avoid Lincoln Continentals-press-agents drive them. Get an Aston-Martin. Renting a car is acceptable. Warren Beatty gets a new one whenever the ashtrays are full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: Survival Kit | 1/24/1964 | See Source »

...with a shiny Impala hardtop and a Corvette Sting Ray in the background. Ford is receiving a lift among the young from a new hit twist tune that tells about a hot rodder who took his Ford-powered Cobra out to the track to race Chevrolet Sting Rays and Jaguar XK-Es. Sings the rodder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Appeal to Youth | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

...Pollock, he withdrew from what artists not so affectionately call "the arena," or marketplace, to a small farm near Baltimore. His living room is floored with linoleum, and an aging DeSoto is parked in front of his garage. Inside is his one known materialist obsession-a lovingly polished vintage Jaguar touring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Aloof Abstractionist | 11/29/1963 | See Source »

...bags both of his enchantresses. The one is obviously quite a catch. But what in Southeast Asia is the other one? Is it a tiger? No. A leopard? No. A cross between the two? Nosirree. It's just a little old jaguar painted purple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Animal Crackers | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

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