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...diversity of its exhibits. Any tourist in Bangkok would be familiar with the knockoff Rolex and Tag Heuer watches, the G-Star jeans, the Nike sneakers. But ripoff shampoo and candy? Toothpaste that might have been cobbled together in a grubby lab on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh? Ballpoint pens? Staples? For a moment the guilt dissipates and I wonder why I've sacrificed an afternoon to a museum showcasing the most basic wares to be found in any stationery store. (I could, after all, be at Bangkok's Siriraj Medical Museum, where stands on display the preserved corpse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Knock It Off: A Thai Museum for Counterfeit Goods | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

...bring it to the U.S. The beta test launched last fall, and already the company has thousands of "agents" ready to provide you with anything from movie times and train schedules to the type of pen Bob Dole holds in his hand. (Answer: sometimes it's felt-tipped, sometimes ballpoint, and occasionally it's a pencil.) (See pictures of the cell phone's history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Answers for 50 Cents: Testing the New KGB | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...will respond.” In addition to addressing the war in Iraq, the candidates discussed their proposed policies and attitudes toward North Korea, Iran, and Russia. Students like Tullo said they were skeptical of some of the debate’s more gimmicky moments, such as the ballpoint pen McCain produced to prove he would cut down the budget and the bracelet show-and-tell both candidates engaged in to demonstrate their support for the troops. Despite instances like these that provided for comedy show fodder, severanl students said that they learned a little more about the two candidates...

Author: By Anna S. Roth, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Assemble Across Campus to Watch Obama and McCain Duke It Out | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

...Which means prices will almost certainly remain high - as will pressure on the industry. As delegates toured the Madrid exhibition hall, where beautiful Venezuelan girls in tight white suits handed out ballpoint pens, and men in business suits drank lemonade at the SaudiAramco "bar," a small crowd gathered at the Qatari booth, made up to look like a Bedouin tent. A band of thobe-clad Qatari musicians emerged, singing and dancing joyfully. The applause was desultory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Gloating for Big Oil | 7/2/2008 | See Source »

...going to give up our country for a mere X on a ballot. How can a ballpoint pen fight with a gun?' ROBERT MUGABE, President of Zimbabwe, refusing to cede power to opponent Morgan Tsvangirai regardless of the results of a June 27 runoff election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

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