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Highlights include one faux commercial, where a black actor in a sombrero and poncho climbs through the window into an all-white dinner party with a big grin, promising, “Don’t worry, I’m not here to rob you!” He proceeds to give a sales pitch for “Amigros,” a new restaurant combining soul food and Mexican delicacies for a great ethnic dining experience. You’ll be eating “mucho good in the hood,” he says cheerily...

Author: By Sandra E. Pullman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Review: Pool Show Draws Laughs | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

Though they came to decide the fate of their superintendent, the school committee hadn’t dressed for the occasion. They came to last Thursday’s meeting in their usual—quilted poncho tops, sneakers, nothing louder than earth tones...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fired School Leader Took Many Risks | 11/27/2002 | See Source »

...Avenue and 61st Street long enough for me to get a good look into the Barney's window. There in casual spartan urbanity were leather and suede accessories, a stark juxtaposition to the flashy holiday display that had twinkled there for weeks. But it wasn't the brown suede poncho-slash-bolero perched on a pedestal like the thing of beauty it was that made this capable shopper flush. No, it was the huge diagonal block of letters that read CLEARANCE SALE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sampler's Seasonal Shopping Guide | 1/16/2001 | See Source »

...talent-committee member Chuck Haddix. "It's interesting to hear their stories and how their music has evolved." Or watch them in concert on three stages. The performers for this year's three-day festival are still being booked, but past acts included music greats Al Green, Diana Krall, Poncho Sanchez, George Benson and Pat Metheny--and promoters promise the roster will be a pull-out-the-stops blockbuster this year in honor of the festival's 10th anniversary and the city's 150th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: On The Road | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

Life was so much simpler for '60s pop stars. When Carole King went on tour, she packed a poncho and jumped on a bus. Today singers won't hit the road without consulting pyrotechnic experts and an army of stylists. When WHITNEY HOUSTON kicks off her tour June 22, she'll bring trunk loads of costumes created for her by Italian designers Dolce and Gabbana. For each song, there is a fashion: gowns for ballads and edgy sportswear for up-tempo numbers. Alas, Whitney sings no zydeco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 21, 1999 | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

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