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...most underappreciated singers in country music is Grand Ole Opry star Little Jimmy Dickens, who turns 75 this year. Instead of being remembered for the fine ballad singer that he is, his main legacy is a string of rather silly novelty tunes (his biggest hit was "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose") perhaps engendered because crowds found it hard to take the less-than-five-foot Dickens seriously. It's a pity - he had a fine voice (it's a bit ragged now), some good material in his repertoire and a good heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George's Gems | 10/20/2000 | See Source »

...GOOD OLE COUNTRY HUMOR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 16, 2000 | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

...Asking Brett Favre to throw him a Hailable Mary b) Reconsidering his position on same-sex civil unions c) On a campaign stop in Green Bay d) Courting the quarterback/good ole boy vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Oct. 9, 2000 | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

Lebed is the first minor the SEC has ever charged with securities fraud, and you may well ask, Isn't it one thing for a set of twentysomethings at work or in college to master the ole pump and dump, Net style, but quite another for a bona fide minor to get it down pat? Do we have a serious problem here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crimes And Misdeminors | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

...premises the day I went, having his medications adjusted--but it's a clinic that also serves a big swath of southern Minnesota, so when the Exalted Nawab of Lower Rawalpindi's 14th and 15th wives go in for a chest X ray, they sit and wait next to Ole and Lena from Spring Grove. And sitting and waiting is part of the Mayo experience. You tell all your interesting troubles to the examining physician, and he or she routes you to the appropriate shamans and gurus--to cardiology or the department of digital prostate examinations or the hiccup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Day at the Clinic | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

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