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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fought under the fearless Confederate hero Nathan Bedford Forrest, whose last name became Winter's middle name. This same hero, however, was accused of slaughtering black Union soldiers who surrendered in a battle at Fort Pillow, Tenn. He went on to become the first Imperial Wizard of the K.K.K. Winter, now 79, began his political career as a segregationist but today is one of the most eloquent proponents of a new flag as a symbol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghosts Of The South | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...Sons of Confederate Veterans condemned him for "honoring people who...murdered, raped and pillaged." In Selma, Ala., a battleground in the 1960s civil rights movement, whites are militant in defense of a new statue of Confederate hero Nathan Bedford Forrest, even though he was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghosts Of The South | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...stupid Billy Bob thought it was a couples cross burning b) Spanish penitents parade on Good Friday c) we see that the Grand Wizard got her job for more than just her hatred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Apr. 23, 2001 | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

Even though the gig is up, Reubens is eager to do Pee-wee again. He's co-writing the second of two Pee-wee movies he hopes to shop to studios soon; this one starts in the Playhouse before the story moves, Wizard of Oz-style, to somewhere even more messed up. The other one, The Pee-wee Herman Story, is what Reubens is calling "the adult Pee-wee movie" and has the tight-suited one making it as a pop singer, moving to Hollywood, becoming insanely famous and turning into a monster. "Pee-wee Herman winds up getting hooked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bigger Than Pee-wee | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...there anyone out there who doesn't know all this? Isn't "Kong" as much a part of our culture as "The Wizard of Oz"? It was a much bigger hit than "Oz" when it opened on March 2, 1933, filling the two largest theaters in New York to capacity - the Roxy and Radio City Music Hall, with 10,000 seats between them - for 10 shows daily. In L.A. it broke box-office records at Sid Graumann's Chinese (where 13-year-old Ray Harryhausen saw it with his aunt). It was a hit in five rereleases as well, especially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monkey On My Back | 3/9/2001 | See Source »

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