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...perfect for it," said her cross-country coach, John Feig. "You're laid back, you love speed, you're not afraid, and you're kind of crazy." With the Venezuelan delegation (mostly her twin sister and her mother), she marched through the opening ceremonies in a startling poncho. Declaring, "This is what I was destined to do," she finished 28th in a field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Hear Them Roar | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

...hand over Year of the Horse to Young alone. What makes the biographical parts of the film most interesting is that the real focus is Neil Young and Crazy Horse--how they became not just bandmates but brothers: Young (guitar/vocals), Ralph Molina (drums/vocals), Billy Talbot (bass) and Frank "Poncho Sampedro." It's this aspect--their powerful sense of family--that saves their story from being just another tale of a '70s band...

Author: By Brandon K. Walston, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Paying Tribute to the Young and Crazy | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

...gunslinger in Sergio Leone westerns, Eastwood had the squinty eyes, sour mouth and weary walk of a soldier who had been in too many wars. The six-day stubble hid countless psychic scars; the cigar butt stuck between his teeth suggested a world gone up in smoke; the poncho he wore could have been a shroud. As Dirty Harry and a passel of creepy cowboys, Eastwood carried himself with the slow, wily grace of the living dead. Idealism had been blasted out of him -- only a grim irony stirred inside. Unforgiven, his Oscar winner and $100 million smash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clintosaurus Rex | 7/12/1993 | See Source »

...become more formidable. Thousands of tons of U.S. equipment, from boots to grenade launchers, have arrived at air bases at Aguacate and Swan Island, off the Honduran coast. Each contra is now dressed in an olive-green uniform and carries a Soviet-made AK-47 assault rifle, a waterproof poncho, an extra pair of socks and 400 rounds of ammunition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress Shows Its Impatience | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...first item sold in the Harvard Shop was a bright raspberry rain poncho, complete with Harvard insignia. The raspberry was a mistake, according to store manager Nancy Ramsey: the ponchos were supposed to come in crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Banners and T-Shirts Grace New 'Harvard Shop | 10/15/1983 | See Source »

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