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The Dixie Hummingbirds, the seminal, Grammy-winning gospel sextet that influenced James Brown and others, began in 1928 as the brainchild of 12-year-old South Carolina choirboy James Davis. As the group's guiding force for nearly 80 years, Davis enforced a strict behavior code (he once fined himself...
(2 of 5) Hey, Where's Everybody Going? While the mass departure of French citizens from their Gallic motherland may be noteworthy and alarming, the possibility that this phenomenon is by no means unique to France was not given justice in your article [April 16]. For proof, you only need...
Chavez, who is determined to reduce Venezuela's dependence on the U.S. market, is betting that high oil prices as well as deep-pocketed ideological allies like China and Iran will help make up for any investment shortfall. It's a risky gamble - but not much riskier than U.S. energy...
In 1966, when Jack Valenti was named the head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the studio system was largely intact. Industry pioneers like Jack Warner and Darryl Zanuck were still running the companies they had founded. Old lions like Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Charlie...
-Ruben L. Davis