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...some of the last pieces he'd write in a 35-year spell of movie criticism, before he devoted full time to his art work and teaching at the University of California, San Diego. So I was aware that this Arizona native could be as courtly as a ranchhand in church; also that he wasn't reluctant to flash his acerbic side. We were chatting on a Telluride lawn, and, after I'd taken some conversational flight at what he considered too great an altitude or length, he stared dreamily into the middle distance and wondered aloud, "Do you think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manny Farber: Termite of Genius | 8/26/2008 | See Source »

...Folk Erotica: Celebrating Centuries of Erotic Americana is a compilation of sexual paintings, drawings, carvings, and other arousing art. Those like "Cowboy Blow-Job," created mainly of tin cans and featuring a cowboy receiving a ten-gallon hat's worth of oral delight from his favorite ranchhand, fancifully combine fantasy and humor capable of eliciting an hearty "Yee-haw!" from an appreciative audience...

Author: By T. S. Dasgupta, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Widener's Smut Stacks Reveal Much | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...garbage for food. Miners in the area reported being chased away by amazons wielding knives. Manson reportedly held an almost hypnotic spell over his followers, who called him "God" and "Satan." His women lolled harem-like around the commune nude or barebreasted, catering to his every whim. One chagrined ranchhand relates discussing business with Manson while one of Manson's girls performed a sex act upon the "guru." But women in the "family" saw him in a different light. "He gave off a lot of magic," said one, Lynn Fromme. "To me, to us, he was everything," added another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE DEMON OF DEATH VALLEY | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...Holt, 62, oldtime cinemactor (Born to the West), father of Cinema Cowboy Tim Holt; of coronary thrombosis; in West Los Angeles. Born in Virginia, the son of an Episcopal minister and great-great-grandson of Chief Justice John Marshall, Holt had hard experience as sandhog, Alaska pioneer and Oregon ranchhand before his hard face became known to millions of moviegoers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 29, 1951 | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

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