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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...then it's obvious what comes next - words of greatness, or at least a flood of generic colloquy delivered while a background orchestra slowly builds to a crescendo. The obligatory inspirational movie speech is a tool used so often that characters, plots, settings and even centuries are virtually interchangeable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forty Inspirational Speeches in Two Minutes | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...isn’t afraid to ask. “Mmm Papi” has Britney asking to “be your sweet baby” before getting to her more pressing request: “let’s make out.” She supplements background snaps and metallic beeps with her own groans as the song becomes increasingly overt. By the end, Britney has established that being a “mommy/mami” is simply one more reason to have sex. On title track “Circus” she couples her search...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Britney Spears | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...needed his O.K. to sell Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs, he included in the price tag a demand that Tribune executives fire editorial writers who Blagojevich felt had it in for the governor. During one call, Blagojevich's wife Patti can be heard calling out from the background, "Hold up that f______ Cubs s___ ... F___ them." Though the message was apparently transmitted to corporate representatives, the Chicago Tribune said none of Blagojevich's critics were pressured to leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Governor Gone Wild: The Blagojevich Scandal | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...some may take solace in the crowning of Tia Roberts, a third year law student, as Miss King's 2008. On stage, she spoke of her ambitions to become a human rights lawyer, made references to the works of Jane Austen and dispelled myths about her Thai background. "Before you ask," Roberts told the judges, "I'm not a ladyboy or a mail-order bride." In that sense, the pageant just might have slayed some stereotypes after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A British Row Over College Beauty Pageants | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

Before the situation was resolved, Smith unwittingly treated the audience to a picture of a vacation get-away in upstate New York that was set as his computer’s background...

Author: By Christian B. Flow and Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Smith Struggles With Financial Crisis, Computers | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

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