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...chest and old Rebekah rubbing out the chill from her bones, with a milk toddy and a talk with Jesus to finish the cure. I done talk with Jesus while I rub, and He bring you back like I knowed He would. Lord, I tell Him, this ain't no real work like Lazarus, this here is just a little girl feeling poorly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Frankly, It's Not Worth a Damn | 10/7/1991 | See Source »

Cuomo may seek the White House because New Yorkers simply will not reelect him. Out-of-state liberals should not hold their breath, though. He ain't worth...

Author: By Robert W. Gordon, | Title: Bush's Ally in Albany | 9/21/1991 | See Source »

...mind Hizballah fighting Israel, but they're not fighting Israel from Baalbek. Whenever there is an Israeli attack anywhere in Lebanon, they turn on the air-raid siren. It's a good way to politicize people. But if they hear people are dancing in the park at Ras-el-Ain, they also turn on the air-raid siren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deep In Kidnapper Country | 8/19/1991 | See Source »

...bottom are homogenized, will the Delta lose its special fervor? Maybe. Maybe not. On the edge of Clarksdale, bluesman Johnson told of his days learning music from his sharecropper father. "Folks ain't so bad off now," he said. "It ain't as low down as it used to be. Blues ain't as sad." Then the Oil Man lifted his head and sang a few lines -- about the Persian Gulf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hugh Sidey's America: Sad Song Of the Delta | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...target -- and if they make you squirm -- you should know that it's safe to turn on the radio again, and maybe even go back to the record store. Until recently, traditional rock -- that gut- level stuff Bob Seger had in mind when he sang, "Today's music ain't got the same soul/ I like that old-time rock 'n' roll" -- has been under assault from rap, retooled metal and various highly sampled items from the dance floor. The upper reaches of the charts have been overwhelmed by performers like Paula Abdul, laying down bass-ballasted club tunes that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Rock on a Fresh Roll | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

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