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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Robinson, Eugene •Cheney is called a "crazy old coot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Happened This Week!: The News Index | 5/15/2009 | See Source »

...edgily entertaining sort, ensues. It's a treat to see the pitch-perfect work of two grand troupers: Frances Sternhagen, hopping about like a perky tern, and George Grizzard (Nick in the original 1962 production of Virginia Woolf), who's equally convincing as either a cranky-adorable coot or a statesmen to the lizard world. As seascapes should be, this one is sunny and genial - the lightest of Albee's plays, by which I mean not the least substantial but the most buoyant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 2005: Theater | 12/26/2005 | See Source »

...those who least need the money, and he can't figure out the wisdom in abolishing the inheritance tax, even though he probably has more skin in the game than anyone save Bill Gates. The Bushies, tired of his scolding, have tried to portray him as a crotchety Nebraska coot who has lost a step. The reality is that Buffett is simply a capitalist who genuinely believes our species is capable of reciprocal altruism. His number should be retired, his jersey hung from the rafters of the New York Stock Exchange, and the pantheon closed because he has no equal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warren Buffett: The Wizard From Nebraska | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...letter from Been to Burnett exists to support her claim. Less persuasive is that during her time on the island, Stillman was known as "the annoying one." CBS, also a defendant in the suit, called the action "frivolous and groundless." Reprising his role as America's crazy old coot, Boesch said of Stillman, "I can't figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 19, 2001 | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...respond to people who say a vote for you is actually a vote for a crazy old coot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pat Buchanan | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

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