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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...essay "Boo, Humbug!" Michael Elliott used the example of adults having fun at Halloween as proof of the "infantilization of American culture" [Oct. 27]. Shame on him! Why can't I dress up for one evening a year and have fun pretending to be something I'm not? For the other 364 days (and on Halloween day too), I'm a responsible, child-nurturing, house-cleaning, healthy-meal-cooking mother--and no infant, thank you! KAREN LEE Los Gatos, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 17, 2003 | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...every opportunity, but that doesn’t make you the best fans, simply the loudest. Boston fans are not even the best fans of a team that hasn’t won in a while—Cubs fans are much more passionate and don’t boo their own players at every game...

Author: By Eli Sprecher, | Title: Staff Gets It Wrong on Sox-Yankees Rivalry | 10/14/2003 | See Source »

...Taylor: I do not read that into that. I called it the other day a diplomatic boo-boo, because there's no way that America can obscure that Charles Taylor is the elected president of Liberia. America is looked at as a big brother. Does a big brother invade a small brother's house? No. America is a big country, the world's only superpower. The procedure would be that even for the landing of troops, you'd inform us through a diplomatic note. But we don't mind that, we want them here anyway. They made certain moves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liberia's Taylor: 'I'll Go When the Peacekeepers Come' | 7/12/2003 | See Source »

...amid rumors that classmates would boo or turn their backs on her if she attended the ceremony—as well as widely-publicized reports that she had plagiarized stories she wrote for her local newspaper—Hornstine decided not to come...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Future First-year Hornstine Skips Own Valedictory Address | 6/27/2003 | See Source »

...like to talk about the danger of unemployment...for me and you! CBS is considering pulling the plug. And I'll tell ya, no matter how big the Bush tax cut, I need the work. With your legal bills, I know you can use the cash too." Boo-yah! The hits keep coming. "I know, before when you had a crisis, you just bombed Saddam Hussein or let Newt Gingrich get near a reporter. But they're both retired... How about this? Use the next 45 seconds to do something totally new. Admit you made even one mistake in office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 9, 2003 | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

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