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...doubtful that Nicolas Sarkozy has ever heard of the late Texan country singer Ernest Tubb, a rhinestone cowboy with a honky-tonk twang. But last week the French Interior Minister seemed to be humming a French version of Tubb's 1970 classic "It's America (Love It or Leave It)." "If it bothers people to be in France, then it shouldn't bother them to leave a country they don't love," Sarkozy said. It's hardly a new refrain; the far-right National Front has used France: love it or leave it as a slogan for years. Perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love It or Leave It: Xenophobia Goes Mainstream | 5/1/2006 | See Source »

...doubtful that Nicolas Sarkozy has ever heard of the late Texan country singer Ernest Tubb, a rhinestone cowboy with a honky-tonk twang. But last week the French Interior Minister seemed to be humming a French version of Tubb's 1970 classic, It's America (Love It or Leave It). "If it bothers people to be in France, then it shouldn't bother them to leave a country they don't love," Sarkozy said. It's hardly a new refrain; the far-right National Front has used France: love it or leave it as a slogan for years. Perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exit Strategies | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

...recent years. Villagers like Little Su, who see nothing wrong in converting an untapped resource into a few modern consumer appliances, are merely the first link in a global antiquities-smuggling chain that the U.N. says rivals the drug and arms trades in scope and scale. Says Kathryn Tubb, conservator of the Institute of Archaeology at University College of London: "It's commonly accepted by those of us who work in the field that 80% to 90% of the material on the market is illicit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia's Looted Treasures: Stealing Beauty | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...made it a top-30 charter in 14 subsequent Decembers. Sinatra?s rendition also had repeat visits to the top ten (#7 in 1944, #5 in 1945, #6 in 1946). The song worked for girl singers (Jo Stafford, #9 in 1946), for Nashville cats (Ernest Tubb, a #7 country charter in 1949) and for black artists. The Ravens had a #9 R&B hit in 1949, and Clyde McPhatter?s Drifters climbed to #2 R&B in 1954; this version, reissued the following two years, and went to #5 and #12 on the pop charts. With the freak exception...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Christmas Feeling: Irving America | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

Move over N.R.A.! The FAA poses a greater threat to the lives of Americans. GORDON TUBB London, Ontario...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 28, 1997 | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

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