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Bony, surefooted, able to withstand heat and live on prickly pear and little water, the longhorn was a perfect mate for the environment and multiplied on the wild ranges. By the time the Lone Star State won its independence, there were 80,000 longhorns in Texas, more critters than humans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE GOLDEN CALF | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

¶ At Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, surefooted Austrian downhill skiers dominated Europe's "little Olympics," preview of next winter's classic. Winner of the 3,700-yd. race: 19-year-old Tony Seiler, who has already made his mark in big-time competition in France and Switzerland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Feb. 21, 1955 | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

As the harried bloodhound, Ray Milland is as surefooted as ever. Laughton falls to with relish on the great chunks of deep-dish villainy that the script feeds him. Elsa Lanchester (Mrs. Laughton, offscreen) does a good bit of broad comedy as an emancipated artist with four children and no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Apr. 19, 1948 | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

Vatican workmen readied the ancient stage for the largest consistory in all the long centuries of the Church. Along the giant cornice high in St. Peter's nave, 100 of them walked surefooted, hanging draperies that would backdrop the venerable rites. Below them wooden stands, red-cloth covered, were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: On the Roads to Rome | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

When an organization called the Southern Grasslands Hunt & Racing Foundation bought 15,000 acres of bluegrass land in Tennessee for its members to hunt and race over, it was announced that this was the biggest tract made safe for private chasing since William the Conqueror set aside New Forest (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Grasslands Downs | 12/15/1930 | See Source »

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