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...started out as a "race music" label, as Phillips brought into his modest studio some exemplary blues shouters and players: Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Rufus Thomas, James Cotton, Sleepy John Estes, Herman "Little Junior" Parker and the Blue Flames, Little Milton Campbell, Ike Turner (yes, Tina's future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Golden Sun | 8/10/2002 | See Source »

...after Rudolph's death, and the franchisees took control in 1982. Expansion beyond its Dixie roots began in the mid-1990s. New York got its first Krispy Kreme just six years ago. Before its 2000 flotation, "it was basically run like a co-op by the franchisees," notes Andrew Wolf, an analyst at BB&T Capital Markets. It's still considered a highly conservative company that treads cautiously into new markets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling Like Hot Cakes | 8/4/2002 | See Source »

...Holland, an ABN AMRO analyst in London. Indeed, Dunkin' Donuts closed its last U.K. outlet earlier this year. But the quality of Krispy Kreme's doughnuts is its biggest selling point. Even supposedly objective analysts gush when they talk about eating them. "It really is a cheap delight," says Wolf. That's why free tastings are a big part of the company's business model. Once they try one, Europeans may love Krispy Kreme doughnuts too. But getting them to take that first bite may prove harder than a three-day-old croissant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling Like Hot Cakes | 8/4/2002 | See Source »

...just had a baby, and her breasts were so out of proportion to the rest of her that I felt they were better dressed than undressed." Imagine Meyer's response to Valentine's post-partum porch - his eyes would've Slinky'd out like a Tex Avery wolf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thanks for the Mammaries | 8/2/2002 | See Source »

...Like the movie, the book has its own comix origins. "Lone Wolf and Cub," the seminal late-1960s Japanese comic series about a wandering Samurai and his child has been brilliantly transplanted by Collins to the American gangster genre. Compared to his character in the film, O'Sullivan Sr. has many more scenes of ruthless killing. He comes off as a one-man army, using a multitude of weapons to rampage through dozens of men at a time. At one point he rides down the banister of Capone's hotel firing off rounds from both hands. While it would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Original 'Road to Perdition' | 7/16/2002 | See Source »

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