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Dates: during 2000-2009
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• "The man is Ted Baxter." - describing Bill O'Reilly as the buffoonish character on The Mary Tyler Moore show. The New York Times Magazine, July 6, 2008

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conservative Radio Host Rush Limbaugh | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

Tell me about Willow, the little girl in your new novel. Willow is a little girl who was born with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), which is commonly known as brittle bone disease. Willow has the most severe form you can have without dying at birth. She will have hundreds to thousands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Author Jodi Picoult | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

Although Dobroshi insists that the similarities between her and Lorna are pure coincidence, it is tempting to construct a parallel between the determination with which Lorna chases her dream and the persistence with which Dobroshi has pursued hers. For one thing, the actress and her character share an almost defiant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kosovo to Cannes: Arta Dobroshi's Journey to The Silence of Lorna | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

Toilet creations aren't new to China. The ancient Chinese may have been the first to use the throne - a flush toilet was found in a tomb of a Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to A.D. 24) king - and they invented toilet paper in the 6th century. Modern Toilet owner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Edible Excretions: Taiwan's Toilet Restaurant | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

In 1840, American educator Thomas H. Palmer coined the phrase, “If at first you don’t succeed, Try, try again.” This proverb was taken to heart by the women’s water polo team this weekend, which had a chance to...

Author: By Eric L. Michel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Drops Two of Three at Elite Six Invitational | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

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