There are now 43, 000 SASS members, each with his or her own mandatory alias. sass matches, based on Old West lore or old movies, are held throughout the year all over the country (see www.sassnet.com for details).

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Films are steeped in lore of the little guy raging against injustice, sometimes based on historical figures such as Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Frank and Jesse James, said Elayne Rapping, a retired professor of American and media studies at the State University of New York in Buffalo.

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