Word: hillbillyism
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One of Brazil's coming men is Juscelino Kubitschek. 52, the trim, dynamic son of German-Polish immigrants who is governor of the Texas-sized inland state of Minas Gerais (pop. 8,000,000). When high-spirited Juscelino ran for office three years ago, he wooed the isolated backland...
Married. Army Corporal Edward S. Dickenson. 23, hillbilly captive of the Communists in Korea, first among 23 American P.W.s who, having refused repatriation, changed his mind and came home (TIME, Nov. 2); and Kate Laney, 21, neighbor's daughter; in Big Stone Gap, Va.
¶ In Nashville, 450 hillbilly disk jockeys, meeting to celebrate the 28th anniversary of radio's Grand Ole Opry, predicted that "country music" will eventually replace jazz. Explained California's John Banks: "When I started broadcasting seven years ago. there wasn't a hillbilly disk jockey within...
Last week the President: ¶ Performed a painful (for him) presidential duty: accompanied his wife to the opening concert of the National Symphony Orchestra. Ike's musical tastes are simple. He shares Harry Truman's fondness for piano music, and likes to listen to authentic hillbilly ballads, but...
As he sings, a pair of willowy girls dance teasingly across the stage, only to be followed by a trio of hillbilly hags who bring the dreamer down to earth. In Gold Rush (from Paint Your Wagon), the girl dancers, cast as lighthearted trollops, swirl happily into a mining town...