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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...whether a young Henry Luce (founder of Time magazine) actually laid naked in a coffin and told the tales of his early sex life during his Skull and Bones initiation, or if William F. Buckley jumped into a mud pie as part of his hazing, or whether any of the three Bush Bonesman (Prescott, H.W., and W.) really received a gift of $15,000 and the guarantee of a lifetime of financial security upon being selected - all these rumors, publicized over the years by Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times and numerous independent book authors, might never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skull & Bones Society | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...sunk to a 9.7% approval rate, the worst for a Japanese Prime Minister since 2001. Even fellow LDP stalwart Junichiro Koizumi, the influential former Prime Minister, has publicly criticized Aso's blunders, calling them "appalling" and "laughable." Nakagawa's Yeltsin-like meltdown "is one more nail in Aso's coffin," says Robert Dujarric, director at Temple University's Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies. "It shows that he's incompetent and so is his administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crunch Time | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...many say he is teetering on losing control of the Liberal Democratic Party. "[The economy isn't] going to be better or worse because he's gone," says Robert Dujarric, director at Temple University's Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies. "But this is one more nail in Aso's coffin...It shows that he's incompetent and so is his administration." (See pictures of Japan and the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's 'Drunk' Finance Chief Steps Down | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...think] this is a final nail in the coffin for those who try to suggest there is no harm involved in secondhand smoke," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Secondhand Smoke Tied to Dementia | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...amidst a global economic downturn, as protectionism was on the rise everywhere and the masses feared for their economic security. It was supposed to be just another election, like many before and many to come. But on March 5, 1933, the German people put the last nail in the coffin of the Weimar Republic, overwhelmingly electing the National-Socialist Workers’ Party to their national parliament, the Reichstag...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Voting Democracy Away | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

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