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Word: cowboy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...silk embroidered cowboy shirt and a black imported dog reflect the deep thinking of automotive stylists, we can readily understand why the results seen on the American road are as they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 18, 1957 | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

...seen better days. But he had the casual swagger of a champ. He ran a cool eye over Gold Dollar, a mean-looking palomino, and climbed aboard. Outside the chute, San Francisco's Cow Palace echoed to the voice of the announcer: "The first three-time all-around cowboy champion in history-Jim Shoulders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Suicide Circuit | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

Take Care. Making such breakneck gyrations look like doing what comes naturally has boosted Jim Shoulders, at 29, into the biggest-money-winning rodeo rider on record. Last year he was top bareback rider, top bull rider and top all-around cowboy for the second time, and he earned $43,381. This season, injuries have slowed him down. He may earn a little less money, but when the season ends this week in Harrisburg. Pa. he should be at the top of the lists once more in bareback bronc and bull riding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Suicide Circuit | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

When the wear and tear of suicide-circuit mileage signals the end of his competitive career, Cowboy Jim Shoulders should have few worries. He will tie himself together for the last time and retire to his well-stocked Henryetta, Okla. ranch. "I keep a few calves so I'll be able to do a little ropin' and bulldoggin' of an evening," says Jim. But all that bone-breaking bareback riding will be behind him for good. Says he: "All the horses, on our place are usin' horses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Suicide Circuit | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

...epicstyle, much like the famous fist-flinging style of Bogart himself. After Bogart shoots his buddy, he sits by the fire and wonders if he has a conscience, and the camera pans down and the flames fill the whole screen. There is a goodly quantity of classic cowboy-and-Indian manuevers and physical violence but never does it seem like plot filler. Also greatly contributing is Max Steiner's fine, taut, musical score...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | 11/12/1957 | See Source »

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