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...more than chalk, not even Vidmar seemed to mind. The U.S. exhibition baseball team was able to square accounts (2-1) with those Taiwanese Little Leaguers, all grown up, without excessive jingoism at Dodger Stadium. Swivel-hipped Mexican Walker Ernesto Canto pleased everyone in the Coliseum with his grand sombrero. Admittedly, that "U.S.A.!" chant can sound a little sour in a 40-point basketball blowout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glory Halleluiah! | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

...wear a sombrero, silk neckerchief, fringed buckskin shirt, sealskin chaparajos or riding trowsers; alligator hide boots; and with my pearl-hilted revolver and beautifully finished Winchester rifle, I shall feel able to face anything...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Outside In | 3/17/1984 | See Source »

...recent Gridiron dinner, the President appeared onstage in a sombrero and sang a ditty in his uncertain baritone. The cold-eyed journalists leaped to their feet to cheer. "That's charm," said one of Reagan's close friends. A fortnight ago, House Speaker Tip O'Neill called a cease-fire in the budget war and asked Reagan up for lunch to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Reagan readily accepted. For a few hours there was nothing but sweetness. The next day they were back beating each other's brains out. Says O'Neill: "Away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Power of Charm | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

...Even Archie Cox has his off days.") That's Archie Cox--the professor. A traditional crowd favorite is the parading of a few real-life Law School characters across the Pound Hall stage. This year it's Professor David Westall, as a dope-dealing buffoon in Bermuda shorts and sombrero and Dean of Students May Upton, who plays herself and saves Camp So-Sue-Me from villainy. They're both as stiff as boards but incite near pandemonium merely by showing that they too can behave foolishly in public...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Jurisimprudence | 3/4/1982 | See Source »

...honest-to-goodness best ice cream is at Hillary's in Philadelphia. I'd fly 3,000 miles to have coffee sombrero, with hot fudge and whipped cream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 31, 1981 | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

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