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...they are completely poverty-stricken, but rich in friends." They live in a squatter village near the beach, outside the normal realm of the world. They are always happy: always dancing, never hungry, never worried about what tomorrow will bring. This is a myth, after all; if Curio (Paco Sanches)--who wears a clown's makeup and sighs constantly after blondes--is slightly unbelievable, well, so is every other character in Bahia...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: A Green World | 12/6/1977 | See Source »

...smooth-stroking Coglin, who led the whole way and looked stronger and stronger as the grueling 40-lap race progressed, was followed by gutsy Crimson co-captain Paco Canales. Canales, who competed in the Montreal Olympics for Puerto Rico, spent the second half of the race engaging Navy's Chris Pearson in a thrilling neck-and-neck duel for second place...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Swimmers Triumph As Hackett Excels | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

...former insurance salesman, will try to track down any lost pet in the San Francisco Bay Area-and to date has been retained to find an errant parakeet and a strayed horse, as well as hundreds of Fidos and felines. The strapping ex-Marine is aided by Paco, an old English sheep dog who wears a deerstalker hat and slurps champagne, and by a legion of kindly kids whom he calls, naturally the Baker Street Irregulars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hercule Pawret | 8/1/1977 | See Source »

...when Paco's friend gave him the cartoon from the slick girlie mag, he thought it was funny and hung it up next to the eagle and laughed at it al the while never understanding the message. His roommates understood, even the sadistic chem major. They called Paco "Super-Mex" and offered to make him an honorary gringo, and they even bought him the black leather briefcase for his birthday...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: 'Most determined case of suicide I've ever seen' | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

...When Paco went home to California, everyone could see he had learned a lot. But they wouldn't have laughed about the meat grinder

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: 'Most determined case of suicide I've ever seen' | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

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