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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bolder than even she had intended, but a good fit--nearly the shade of her husband Miguel's Ford Thunderbird. And it certainly caught the attention of the Joneses. "The neighbors didn't like it. They took out chairs, put them in the driveway and just looked," says Sanchez. "The expression on their faces wasn't nice." It was gilt by association. The neighbors tried to be fair (it was Sanchez's home, after all) but felt as if their own homes had been redecorated. "Oooh," says neighbor Olivia Sandoval. "It's no good for the block. All the houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hue Must Be Joking | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

JERRY VAN DYKE, star of the 1960s sitcom My Mother the Car, featuring a 1928 Porter: I'd like to have my mother resurrected because I miss her. That's not possible. So what I want is a '55 Thunderbird, my first car when I got out of the service. I got it on a used-car lot before they knew how good they were. Now I drive an '84 Rolls. But I'd still rather have that Thunderbird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Apr. 27, 1998 | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...views of the multihued canyon and ancient cliff dwellings. All visitors must be accompanied by a Navajo guide for walks, horseback rides and driving tours. The only public access into the canyon without a guide is at the White House Ruins Trail. Lodging options in the area include the Thunderbird Lodge, built around an 1896 trading post, a Holiday Inn and a Best Western. For those who want to experience Navajo life-style, there's a rugged bed and breakfast (stress rugged: you sleep in a dirt-floored hogan, and there is no running water or electricity) run by Coyote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Dig This! | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...such a rush," Erica says as the tires of her 350 V-8 paw the starting line and a kid maybe 20 draws up next to her in a Thunderbird. They look at each other only briefly, then punch it. "She's got him," Kevin Brown says, watching with his buddy John Mackey. And just after he calls it, Erica's lights are flashing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: James Dean All Over Again | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

...bizarre incident in Tucson, Ariz., a group of skinheads built a Nazi bunker on city property (it was bulldozed) and then, a few weeks later, mounted a cow's head on the hood of a 1970 Ford Thunderbird and drove around town shouting white-power slogans. Many of today's race-hate groups, however, are more sophisticated. According to the TIME/CNN survey, 75% of white teens and 55% of black teens say they have access to a computer with Internet capability at home or school. There they may find that hate groups are also plugging in and logging on. Rabbi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KIDS AND RACE | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

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