Word: wolfed
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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...
...couple of Sun anthologies: the newly issued two-CD set "Sun Records: The 50th Anniversary Collection" (from BMG Heritage); and the older, fuller three-CD opus, "The Sun Record Collection" (on the ever-dependable Rhino label). The BMG set has some strange omissions: there's no Howlin' Wolf, whom Phillips called the greatest artist he ever recorded ("This is where the soul of man never dies"); no "Good Rockin' Tonight"; and, criminally, no "Great Balls of Fire," the Jerry Lee Lewis number that ... well, I'll save those superlatives for later...
...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...
...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...
...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...