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Day: July 5, 2009

‘No Monkey Business — Joost Yankee Panky!’

“Somebody once said, ‘A Yankee is worth a bale of cotton, and he’s easier to pick.'”

John Shelton Reed, UNC Chapel Hill sociologist, speculating (in 2000) on the guiding principle behind the entertainment complex South of the Border.

Author Lew PowellPosted on July 5, 2009Categories Tar TalkLeave a comment on ‘No Monkey Business — Joost Yankee Panky!’
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