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But these features hide the equally Texan and equally historically important characteristics which lie below the bluster and Hollywood romance that make this novel entertaining. Texans were the violent Comanche and Mexican killers that Michener made his out to be. But most of the time (in between the occassional Indian...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: The Facts Without the Feelings of Texas | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

From the moment one sees June (Lisa Eichhorn) the heroine of Wildrose, hacking away at a tree stump in the woods, one realizes that this is one of those films out to defend that mythic territory of American folklore known as rugged individualism. Wildrose, like Country and Heartland, attempts to...

Author: By Hein Kim, | Title: Woman Vs. Nature | 10/4/1985 | See Source »

The struggle in composing one's ad is to be distinctive and relentlessly self-confident. What woman could resist the "rugged rascal with masculine determined sensual viewpoint"? An ad should not overreach, however, like the woman who began: "WANTED: One Greek god of refined caliber."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Advertisements for Oneself | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

The luxury car is a stretched version of American Motors' Grand Wagoneer, a favorite of skiers and suburbanites. The fancier touches include a built-in champagne bucket and an 8-in. color television, but for rugged back-country terrain, the four-wheel limo also features an electronic shock-absorption system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: A Chic High-Plains Cruiser | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

Yet for 1,936 miles -- from the Pacific Ocean, across the rugged coastal mountains, the hot sands of the Sonoran Desert, the high plains near El Paso and finally the verdant citrus fields that end at the Gulf of Mexico -- the largely unmarked frontier is as much a link between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Border Symbiosis | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

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