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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...comedian. Aided by a $700 gray, combed-over wig, Eli Jatspan portrays Netanyahu as an American with an obsession about money and little knowledge of Israel. "The Jewish people will not move from this land," Jatspan says, mimicking Bibi. "New York is ours..." In days past, that sort of barb might have spurred Netanyahu to vitriolic attacks on the media, leftists, secular Jews. But he seems to have mellowed. At a television studio in Herzliya recently, Jatspan bumped into Netanyahu. "You do me very well," the politician said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bibi's Back | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

...that Elliot’s mouth will be made to look like it’s not pronouncing the classic put-down “penis-breath.” Instead, the pixels will be maneuvered to show the young actor, Henry Thomas, mouthing some substitute juvenile barb that Spielberg, who is now a parent, thinks will stem another tide of potty-mouthin’ E.T. acolytes...

Author: By Couper Samuleson, YARDSTICK | Title: Specious Editions | 11/27/2001 | See Source »

...have no problem with immigrants coming to America. However, they must do two things: enter legally, and learn to speak English. I want to preserve the culture of the U.S. BARB ANDRESSEN Portland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 2, 2001 | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...horror of this final wait for the Bottom is what really drains me. As the ratio of time spent studying to time until the Bottom increases without limit, my interest in things unrelated to schoolwork increases proportionally. The smallest curiosity, the dullest barb can hook my attention for hours. As the opportunity cost of stealing away time from studies increases, my irrational desire for shenanigans becomes unbearable. An hour and a half on amihotornot.com playing God of aesthetics. Forty-five minutes re-reading an utterly boring Times story on the profit margins of foreign car manufacturers. An hour faux-drumming...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: The Rack of Reading Period | 1/22/2001 | See Source »

...BLAIR HOUSE Poppy, Barb and Jeb will spend Inauguration week in this 19th century townhouse across the street from the White House. It's cheaper than the Four Seasons. Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inauguration Hoopla! | 1/22/2001 | See Source »

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