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...seasons since, swaggering down the fairways, wearing gaudy red socks and a grin as wide as the Rio Grande, Trevino has captured the fancy of the fans?and the purses of the Professional Golfers' Association. Since that first U.S. Open triumph, he has won more money ($597,461) and finished among the top ten in more tournaments (79) than any other golfer on the tour. With official P.G.A. earnings of $196,000 so far this season?the $13,200 he won in the British Open is not included in P.G.A. money rankings?he is a cinch to break Billy Casper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lee Trevino: Cantinflas of the Country Clubs | 7/19/1971 | See Source »

...companies there-and announced plans to spend $35.5 million of the extra money on a jet squadron. That will make Venezuela the sixth and -considering the cost-possibly the last Latin American country to acquire supersonic jets. And then? Nowadays, as one foreign military attache in Rio points out, everyone in Europe is pushing missiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EXPORTS: New Muscle in Arms | 7/12/1971 | See Source »

Howard Hawks' 43 previous films include His Girl Friday, Scarface, Only Angels Have Wings, Red River, Rio Bravo and half a dozen other examples of American film making at its best and most energetic. Hawks' 44th film, Rio Lobo, does not belong on that list. There are a few good scenes-an intricately executed train wreck, for example-but the movie is notably slack where it should be zestful. It is mostly a replay of familiar fare: John Wayne flirts with the girls, keeps the hot-blooded younger fellers in their place, and finally goes up against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Well-Worn Saddle | 3/15/1971 | See Source »

...were white Europeans and Thant is from Burma, many African and Latin delegates believe that it is their turn. But neither Moscow nor Washington wholly trusts the Black Africans (too unpredictable on any issue but race and colonialization), and the Russians feel that everything south of the Rio Grande except Cuba and Chile is a Yankee playground. Finally, since Communist China is likely to become a U.N. member in the next few years, some countries want a new Secretary-General to come from a nation that recognizes Peking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Job Opening? | 2/1/1971 | See Source »

...Possible. A man of rigid habits, "Gianni" Bucher had left his house in a residential section of Rio at precisely 8:45 a.m., and followed precisely the same route he always took for the 15-minute trip downtown to the Swiss embassy. As his big Buick cruised down a busy street, half-a-dozen gunmen in two cars forced it to a screeching halt. They mortally wounded Bucher's Brazilian bodyguard when he appeared to be reaching for a pistol, then pushed the ambassador into a waiting car and roared off. The last thing the chauffeur heard Bucher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: Raising the Ransom Price | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

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