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...authenticity comes across, even if he does not mesh with conventional ideas of what a soul singer should look like. "I'm one of those idealists who thinks soul music comes from the inside. I don't think you have to be black or raised on collard greens, fried chicken and cornbread to be part of the soul experience." He says that when the group first heard of Kubota, they thought: "Oh God?a Japanese soul singer?" They stopped laughing after listening. "It definitely had soul in it," he says. "At that point, I was like: 'O.K., he can sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Likes It Like That | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...tossed it a rate cut he knew wouldn't be quite buoyant enough to keep it afloat. (The market obliged by sucking water for two straight days.) And because the central banker with America's highest Q rating thus entered into a game of economic-policy chicken with the decade's other breakout star: Wall Street. And, finally, because he has set in motion a series of moves that will shape the economic destiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alan Greenspan | 3/23/2001 | See Source »

...chicken idea was then turned into glass bathroom accessories and egg-shaped soaps, illustrating, she said, the art of "taking one thing, no matter how silly, and making is a small part of a business...

Author: By Sarah N. Kunz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Martha Stewart Dishes Business Tips to Aspiring Entrepreneurs | 3/15/2001 | See Source »

...supplement the effort, the station is enlisting the help of a penguin to win over Harvard listeners. The WHRB board (or 'whirrbees' as they call themselves) voted recently to change the WHRB mascot from a chicken to a penguin...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WHRB Harvard Radio Caters to its Own Crowd | 3/13/2001 | See Source »

...couple weeks ago, a couple fans decided to revive the chicken tradition, and since the Big Red wasn't coming to town anymore this year, the Bulldogs had to suffice. Last week against Yale, just one dead piece of poultry made it onto the ice. But on Saturday, after the first period concluded, a veritable chicken coop was hauled towards the Eli goal to the delight of the crowd?...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The 'V' Spot: One Moore Trip to Placid | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

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