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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...last week's page peddling. It turns out that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who was indicted by the U.N. war-crimes tribunal for genocide in 1995, has used his many years on the run to focus on the gentler art of writing romance novels. The so-called Butcher of Bosnia penned a 416-page bodice ripper titled Miraculous Chronicles of the Night that quickly sold out all 1,200 copies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fugitive's Romantic Fiction | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...briefs. (They'll be pixelated into a nude-looking blur.) Oscar is doing Tai Chi in the living room while George's acerbic wife Lucille (Jessica Walter) talks on the phone. As Oscar thrusts and lunges, Lucille icily hisses, "Oscar, close it! You look like the window of a butcher shop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Great Wit Hope | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...with 9-11 victims and follow each development in the war on terror with rapt attention, they have other, more immediate concerns. In Mansonville, the summer’s top stories are that hardware store owner’s son, Paul, died in a bike accident and that the butcher, Hamelin, has to have surgery again. Unlike Americans, the citizens of rural Quebec do not feel persecuted by crime and terrorism. They live quiet lives for the most part, and don’t find it necessary to rebuild their border stations with reinforced steel. I turn off the main...

Author: By Elena Sorokin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Borderline Overreaction | 9/30/2004 | See Source »

Having caught the scent of a juicy story from the MSM (mainstream media) to bite into, the bloggers were waiting to pounce like a pack of hounds behind the butcher shop. On Sept. 7, the day before the CBS broadcast, left-leaning blog talkingpointsmemo.com announced that 60 Minutes was to air "documents that shed light on Bush's guard service or lack thereof." The following afternoon, bloggers at freerepublic.com a conservative website, began anticipating the coverage with comments such as, "CBS should have to register as a Democrat [campaign organization]." Minutes into the broadcast, another Free Republic blogger (known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: THE BLOGGERS: How to Knock Down a Story | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...cats and other wild species are called predators, while man is politely referred to as just a primate. Judging from the meat consumption at our local butcher shop in a suburb of New Delhi, I estimate that we humans slaughter more than 1 million chickens a day (a conservative estimate). India is not a rich country and has a large vegetarian population, but we slaughter a large number of other animals. Yes, it is not only the big cats but many other living creatures that are in danger of extinction. Man is the cruelest predator of all. Som Sharma Gurgaon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

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