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January 21, 2002


A renowned guitar maker from Clearwater is playing a new tune these days, having gained international fame for making ukuleles. Yes, ukuleles. He's as surprised as you are. Story

[Times photo: Jim Damaske]

  The Duke of Uke

Word for Word: A wakeup call from history
From "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution," a sermon given by Martin Luther King Jr. at the National Cathedral in Washington on March 31, 1968.

Out with the new, and in with the old
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- I am standing next to him, so close that I can count the strands in the massive gold chains that encircle his neck. When he turns to explain the seven gold hoops in his ears, the scent of hairspray from his recently trimmed mohawk gathers in my nostrils.

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