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...mount and a new man in the person of a bounty hunter named Thomas Luther Price (Robert Gulp). Price takes her to Mexico and teaches her how to shoot. Admirably, he seldom seems distracted by her wardrobe, a pair of skintight leather pants and a beat-up poncho that flies open frequently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Mae West | 6/26/1972 | See Source »

...some electronic glitch the number lit up on the indicator. "When I saw that 20 light up," says Rauscher, "I knew I had from one to 20 seconds to think about what I was going to do." He decided to ask Hughes for a donation to his favorite charity, PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Charitable Organizations), which raises money by auctioning donated items. Rauscher never saw the Invisible Man, but he did see a guard, who sent him to a man on the 19th floor, who sent him to a third man on the 20th floor, who gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 15, 1972 | 5/15/1972 | See Source »

What followed was not so customary. After covering the enemy corpses with a green rubber poncho, the men who had just killed them stood with bared heads as an Army chaplain conducted a brief funeral service. Intoned Chaplain Michael Chona: "May they rest in peace. O Lord, we implore you to grant this mercy to our dead brothers that they who held fast to your will by their intentions will not receive punishment in return for their deeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: V.C., R.I.P. | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

...next year. At Bonwit Teller, however, the flashy, far-out ideas of Giorgio di Sant'Angelo are on display now. His basic looks include a dolman-sleeved, high-waisted body suit, with a loose, short-sleeved long robe that goes over it. "I think this will replace the poncho," he says. "In winter, the Chinese sometimes wear six of these robes-the layered look is really very Chinese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Chicom Chic | 12/6/1971 | See Source »

...watches and shining the shoes of American civilians, and always trying -but not always succeeding-in keeping a footfall ahead of the police. By night, they make a bed out of a door stoop, windowsill or car seat, with a discarded magazine under their heads and an army poncho for cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Indochina: A Generation of Refugees | 5/10/1971 | See Source »

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