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...song itself comes from what might seem like an unexpected source: J. P. Richardson, aka The Big Bopper, best known for the upbeat "Chantilly Lace" and for having perished with fellow rockers Buddy Holly and Richie Valens in a 1959 plane crash. Richardson, though, before he entered the rock world - which, of course, was not as divorced from country as it is today - came from a rural background similar to Jones'. In fact, the two were pals in Beaumont, Texas, where the Possum's family moved when he was a boy. Richardson also was a discovery of Jones' original producer...
...Republican-without-a-job category, Spencer Abraham, defeated senator from Michigan for energy secretary. With responsibilities ranging from oil prices to nuclear secrets, it's not a job for the politically ambitious - just ask Bill Richardson. And Abraham will get plenty of flak-catching time as he attempts to deliver on Bush's claims that his administration would have an energy policy where the Clinton administration had none. First up: OPEC rumblings about production cuts, in which it may or may not help Abraham that he is the grandson of Lebanese immigrants. (Probably...
...Republican-without-a-job category, Spencer Abraham, defeated senator from Michigan, for energy secretary. With responsibilities ranging from oil prices to nuclear secrets, it's not a job for the politically ambitious - just ask Bill Richardson. And Abraham will get plenty of flak-catching time as he attempts to deliver on Bush's claims that his administration would have an energy policy where the Clinton administration had none. First up: OPEC rumblings about production cuts...
...Elliot Richardson 79 U.S. Attorney General quit in protest during Watergate...
...about a child facing nothing scarier than the process of growing up, which can, some adults may dimly remember, seem very scary indeed? Greta Hagen-Richardson, 12, lives in Chicago and proudly says she has read each Harry Potter book many times--15, 11, 22 and 24, in order of publication, by her count. "When I first read them," she says, "I thought, 'The characters really relate to you--they're kids. They have bullies and bad teachers.' It's helped me understand something--people, maybe my friends, my teachers. It's influenced me to read more...