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...jammed with a guitar he made from a cigar box and rubber bands, then went on to deeply influence Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix; after a stroke; in Macon, Ga. As a gofer for the Pinetoppers, Jenkins' college-circuit ensemble, Redding drove the band to Memphis, Tenn., in 1962 to make a record for Stax Records, and during a lull sang These Arms of Mine. When the song became Redding's breakthrough hit, Jenkins, who feared flying, opted not to tour with the rising star. The flamboyant Jenkins impressed fellow lefty Hendrix, who incorporated some of Jenkins' antics into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jul. 10, 2006 | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

...jammed with a guitar he made from a cigar box and rubber bands, then went on to deeply influence Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix; after a stroke; in Macon, Ga. As a gofer for the Pinetoppers, Jenkins' college-circuit ensemble, Redding drove the band to Memphis, Tenn., in 1962 to make a record for Stax Records, and during a lull sang These Arms of Mine. When the song became Redding's breakthrough hit, Jenkins, who feared flying, opted not to tour with the rising star. The flamboyant Jenkins impressed fellow lefty Hendrix, who incorporated some of Jenkins' antics into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

...because she was so nervous. “She’s really humble and talented because she has really high standards for herself,” says Hirschfeld. “She subverts expectations of her.” In anticipation of her speech, the Memphis, Tenn., native remarks that it took several drafts, which she performed many times in front of her friends. “I tried to gauge the parts that made them laugh,” says Widdicombe, a Dunster resident, who is receiving an honors diploma in history and literature...

Author: By Sun-young Chung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Widdicombe's Wit Wins Her an Ivy Nod | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...will go toward a bipartisan media and grassroots education campaign whose participants include Brent Scowcroft, National Security Adviser to the first President Bush. Viewers of the film are directed to a website: www.climatecrisis.net And at the end of the summer, Gore plans to begin a training program in Nashville, Tenn., that will enable 1,000 activists "to give my slide show in their voices," with a limited-use license to remix its music and images. But the best measure of the potential impact of the Gore film may be the fact that there's already an oil-industry-financed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lights, Camera, Al Gore! | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

Turning the screws even tighter, developers of new malls and shopping centers are less willing to take a chance on an independent without deep pockets, shutting small restaurants out of prime real estate. "The game has changed," says Rick Bolsom, owner of Tin Angel in Nashville, Tenn. "You have to be more aware of things outside your four walls to succeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Change Agent: Eateries, Unite | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

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