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FREEDOM FRIES Cubbies, a restaurant in Beaufort, N.C., has dropped French from its fries, and French salad dressing is now "liberty" dressing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brie? Non, Merci! | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

...more to falling imports than rising exports. But that's better news than in the U.S., where the trade deficit hit a record $435 billion. THE BOTTOM LINE 'We no longer serve French fries. We now serve freedom fries.' Sign on the window of Cubbie's restaurant in Beaufort, North Carolina, as an informal American boycott of all things French starts to hit below the belt

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doha In The Dumps | 2/23/2003 | See Source »

...Badminton was first observed by British army personnel in occupied India circa 1850, where—called “Poona”—it had existed for centuries. Entranced by the game, the soldiers brought it home. As lore has it, one afternoon the Duke of Beaufort was having a party at his estate, named “Badminton,” where poona was being played. Needless to say, the guests adored the new game and several monocles were shattered in bewildered amusement at the flying “battledore,” which...

Author: By M.n. Fitzerman-blue, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Balls of Feathers, Shuttlecocks of Steel | 2/7/2002 | See Source »

...father was a missionary among the colored, or mixed-race, people of Beaufort West in an area of scrubland that is South Africa's version of Arizona. That's where I was born, and now the house where I was born is a museum. Next door is the church where my father preached, my mother played the organ and I pumped the bellows for it. Maybe that's where, subconsciously, I started getting interested in the pump, which is all the heart is, after all. I can remember as a boy when they rang a big bell in Beaufort West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Points: Heart To Heart | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

That isn't to say I didn't find any strong support. In Columbia, loan officer George Tisdale, 57, liked Bush's samurai tax cut and education policy. In Beaufort, retiree Lula ("Lou") Price, 74, agonized over her choice and even subjected herself to regular viewing of C-SPAN for enlightenment. She started Bush, tilted McCain and ended up sold on Bush as the man best suited to erase all memory of President Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Diary: A Visit To Bush Country | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

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