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...chicken tastes familiar, the reason is that Arkansas is home to the largest poultry farms in the country; Don Tyson even lives there and sells Harvard its Chickwiches. Arkansans are very proud of this. I once asked a woman at the state Bureau of Tourism what food is the state's specialty. "We get a lot of chickens here, I guess," she said. Arkansan food is actually a mixture of the three cultures which fight for attention in the state: Tex-Mex, Southern and Cajun. (Contrary to what New Englanders believe, Arkansas is not in the Midwest...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: 'We Get A Lot Of Chickens Here, I Guess' | 3/5/1991 | See Source »

...than it has been since Operation Desert Storm began. Energized by lingering guilt about the way Vietnam soldiers were treated, celebrities of all political stripes have been rushing to show support for allied forces in the gulf. Nearly 100 actors, singers and athletes, ranging from Meryl Streep to Mike Tyson, got together to record Voices That Care, a pro-troop music video that made its debut last week on armed-forces television. "This isn't pro-war or antiwar," said songwriter Linda Thompson Jenner, who initiated the program and wrote the lyrics. "There are people involved in this project...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good Morning, Saudi Arabia | 3/4/1991 | See Source »

From Champ to Chump Buster Douglas sucker-punched the boxing world by knocking out heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in Tokyo last February. But success went to his stomach -- he became more interested in the banquet table than the boxing ring. Eight months later in Las Vegas, in his only title defense, the 246-lb. Douglas lasted less than three rounds against a leaner and hungrier Evander Holyfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers of 1990 | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

...return home with several million dollars in new contributions to the A.N.C. In New York a $2,500-a-ticket fund raiser hosted by Eddie Murphy, Spike Lee and Robert De Niro aimed to raise $500,000 from a celebrity crowd that included Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Mike Tyson. At another gathering the same night in the Park Avenue apartment of prominent Democratic Party backers Arthur and Mathilde Krim, a crowd of well-heeled figures from the business world chipped in another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nelson Mandela: A Hero's Welcome | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

...LIVING COLOR (Fox, Saturdays, 9 p.m. EDT). Keenen Ivory Wayans (I'm Gonna Git You Sucka) created and stars in this weekly satirical revue with a black spin. The impersonations (Arsenio Hall, Mike Tyson) are dead on, the laughs abundant. TV's brightest new spring comedy, by a mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: May 14, 1990 | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

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