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Over the next century, Nauvoo became a sleepy, almost entirely Roman Catholic river burg, whose hot events were weekly Fish Fridays and Chicken Wednesdays. Its working men labored in nearby Keokuk, Iowa, but their number shrank relentlessly as young people left. "By the time I moved here 10 years ago, it was pretty close to a retirement community," says Kathy Wallace, editor of the 500-circulation Nauvoo New Independent. At one point the only grocery closed for half a year for lack of business. When the Latter-day Saints, who had been trickling back for years, bought land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History: Nauvoo, Ill.: The Invasion Of the Latter-day Saints | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...Which was not included in a headline for a review of the film Chicken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Jul. 3, 2000 | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

...cast and crew were not at their peak. Mark Wahlberg looked as gray as a ghost from vomiting throughout the morning, while George Clooney was recovering from a bout of the flu. During a lunch break, Ressner spoke to Petersen, who happily chomped away at a boxed lunch of chicken as the mock swordfish ship swayed like a toy boat in a bathtub...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Day Mark Wahlberg and I Got Seasick Together | 7/1/2000 | See Source »

...comedy needs a climax. Long before that, MM&I goes slack and desperate. And a chicken in a man's butt isn't all that hilarious. Maybe filmgoers need a lobbying group too: a Society for the Propagation of Promising Comedies That Actually Deliver on Their Promises. Care to join...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Split Decision | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...sandwich on the go when chicken parmesan just won't do. 2. The only reason to stop by Loker Commons...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvardisms: Harvard for Beginners | 6/23/2000 | See Source »

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