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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...everyone was smiling, though. Seconds into the competition, after failing to find the wall 12-feet (4-m) below him, Mexican free runner Jorge Manuel Nava Romero broke his fall with his chin, losing teeth in the process. "Please don't copy this at home," cautioned the MC. (Romero, the announcer later added, was "all good" after his tumble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free Running Jumps onto World Stage | 9/5/2008 | See Source »

...restoration is one of those things politicians say, like 'I owe it all to my lovely wife,'" says Tulane law professor Oliver Houck, who has been warning about land losses for decades. "Meanwhile, we keep building up the coast, no matter how many times we get hit in the chin. At some point the American public is going to stop paying for chin surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gustav's Lessons for New Orleans | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...estimated that real restoration could cost $20 billion or more. "Coastal restoration is just one of those things that politicians say, like 'I owe it all to my lovely wife,'" Houck says. "Meanwhile, we keep building up the coast, no matter how many times we get hit on the chin. At some point the American public is going to stop paying for chin surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Louisiana Take Gustav's Punch? | 8/29/2008 | See Source »

Wait, is that the lanky Utah Jazz forward and Russian basketball star Andrei Kirilenko in the chair, knees almost hitting his chin? Why, yes it is. You'll never see LeBron in the salon, since the U.S. basketball team is once again shunning the Village, opting for the comforts of Beijing's five-star InterContinental hotel. Kirilenko, who will make $15 million this season, says the Village facilitates team bonding, but he won't knock the U.S. for its élitism. "You get used to doing things a certain way," he says. "It's all right." With basketball's popularity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Village People | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

...acclaim. ''When you are on the inside, quite obviously you always think you are doing a better job, perhaps, than some of the outsiders may consider,'' says Regan, explaining the seeming paradox between his reputation and his results. He knows he gets paid to take it on the chin for his boss. Just last week he was lambasted for reshuffling the White House speechwriting department, easing out two of the top wordsmiths, in order to make it more to his pragmatic leanings than to those of the resident ideologues like Patrick Buchanan. Many in Congress speak wistfully of the days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY ''I'VE MELLOWED A BIT'' | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

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