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...formerly known as Prince] in 1993, folks in the media have called him "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince." [The Artist], as it turns out, doesn't care for that title. His name, he says, is simply that unpronounceable symbol that looks like a combination of an ankh, an ampersand and a lollipop. Says [The Artist]: "I've made choices, and people can respect them or they can not respect them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Reclaiming His Crown | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...nearly time to go. I'm still thinking about that ankh-ampersand-lollipop looking name. What does Mayte call him at home? "I never called him Prince when I met him," says Mayte, from her snug position on his lap. "Now I realize that names don't matter. For example, I don't know your name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Reclaiming His Crown | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...doubling the number of numbers to list and, in the process, often extending the length of each number, to cope with a digital dearth) and http://'s. To reach a friend a few blocks away, I have to type 38 letters that mean nothing, a numeral, two underlines, an ampersand, a hyphen and two periods, all in a uniform, dotty sequence that will go nowhere if I add a single space or omit a stroke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING ADDRESS BOOK | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...drugstores, the familiar white boxes say Johnson & Johnson. But in court the ampersand was changed to versus, and the aim was not to relieve pain but to exacerbate it. One Johnson was Barbara ("Basia"), nee Piasecka, the Polish-born cook-chambermaid who became the third wife of J. Seward Johnson, heir to the pharmaceutical fortune. At the time of their marriage in 1971, he was 76, she was 34. The other Johnson signified J. Seward's six litigious children from his two previous marriages, excised from the old man's will shortly before his death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Apr. 13, 1987 | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

IMAGINE! America's almost favorite pair of comedians (excluding the team of George Bush and Billy Carter) answering your questions, pronouncing your name in print! Ask Cheech! Ask Chong! Just send your questions, whether weird or wise, to Cheech and Chong Quizmaster, Ampersand, 1680 N. Vine, Suite 201, Hollywood, CA 90028. We'll dispatch a hard-boiled, hard-nosed, maybe even hard-of-hearing journalist to Columbia Pictures, where Cheech & Chong will soon film Cheech & Chong's Columbia Project; we'll make those guys answer 20 of the best questions submitted (our choice, and that's final). What's more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Win a Dream Answer from Cheech & Chong! | 11/18/1980 | See Source »

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