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...lines from Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree: "I'm comin' home, I've done my time; now I've got to know what is and isn't mine. If you still want me, tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: For Three, Sufficient Punishment | 1/20/1975 | See Source »

...moon will probably not set for good on moonshining as long as there are enough good ole boys around who prefer white lightning to bonded bourbon. In fact, while the smalltimers are being forced out of business, big operators are holding their own. The "revenoo" recently seized 1,146 gallons of 'shine (worth up to $8,000 untaxed) in Dawsonville, Ga.-their biggest local haul in four years. However, connoisseurs of corn complain that mass-production methods result in a relatively tasteless brew (which also tends to lack the dead rats and flies that spiced old-time likker). White...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Southern Discomfort | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

There were many individuals who had the impression that the freshman contest was The Game, as hundreds of alumni filled the sidelines, braving the cold, and reminiscing of the good 'ole days when they sang Ten Thousand Men of Harvard...

Author: By Francis T. Crimmins jr., | Title: Freshman Gridders Defeat Yale, 21-7; Baggot's Interception Snaps Deadlock | 11/23/1974 | See Source »

...spectacle at Snake River Canyon was not "a blue-collar Woodstock." It was more of a redneck Altamont. It's great to know that the good ole heartland is just as frivolous and decadent as the East and West Coasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Oct. 7, 1974 | 10/7/1974 | See Source »

...especially the screenwriter, who based his script on real people from his high school days-wax nostalgic for delicate love and ruined innocence. These commodities were evidently to be found right after World War II down in rural Georgia, where some kids on the way to being good ole boys conduct puberty rites by jumping on the acquiescent body of Billie (Joan Goodfellow). Acquiescent, but not responsive. As the fellows wriggle and writhe, Billie lies there, face turned away, absently tossing pebbles into the swamp water. Billie may not be quite all there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: In the Pawpaw Patch | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

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