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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...quoted in The Other Hollywood), the actor recalls, "I was doing Coriolanus in some marginal coffeehouse where they passed the hat around at the end of the performance." He got more valuable training when he signed on with two burlesque vets to be the set-up guy, or "third banana," on a tour that included Staten Island and Atlantic City. It was there he learned "the crazy doctor bit" that he would use as Dr. Young, the medical hygienist in Deep Throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: When Porno Was Chic | 3/29/2005 | See Source »

...altering modern views about the domestic arts and enabling anyone with the will, the imagination and a sewing machine to create one-of-a-kind fashions. The movement is driven by style-conscious women who are bored by the cookie-cutter apparel sold at stores like Gap and Banana Republic. It's spread by websites like craftster.org and getcrafty.com which serve as latter-day sewing circles--places to trade ideas, share patterns and post pictures of your best work. And it's made possible in part by innovative hardware: a new generation of easy-to-use sewing machines equipped with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pretty Crafty | 3/1/2005 | See Source »

...students need a better role model than votes of confidence and no confidence,” Sloan added. “Universities should not be run like a banana republic...

Author: By Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Controversy Echoed at Baylor | 2/22/2005 | See Source »

...There will be no rose, orange or banana revolutions." ALEKSANDER LUKASHENKO, Belarus President, dismissing the possibility of his country experiencing a pro-democracy movement such as Ukraine's Orange Revolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

...flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder hours a day, 365 days a year. Au imported more than 12,000 plants and trees to give the island an authentic feel. There are Floridian palms, Central American banana and pineapple trees, and a 140-year-old fig dug out of the Thai jungle. Besides enjoying a brief reprieve from Germany's damp and chilly weather, guests can also take samba lessons and drink fruit-and-rum cocktails under thatched roofs. A four-hour ticket costs $20 during the week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Germany, Life's A Beach | 2/6/2005 | See Source »

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