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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...does, however, have a paper trail: reams of pointed jokes and hours of transcripts in which he is hostile, at times crude. Mark Drake, spokesman for the Minnesota G.O.P., says he understands that Franken's remarks are mostly jokes but reminds me, "He once referred to Republican politicians as shameless [expletive we don't print]. I don't think voters will like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Laugh at Al Franken | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...This seems like a shame to me. I very much enjoy the company of men and am more than a bit bothered to think it is acceptable to talk about them in crude language. Certainly if any man were ever caught talking about a woman in these sorts of terms, he’d be slapped across the face many times over. This sort of talk is disrespectful to good men everywhere—husbands, friends, and fathers. It’s disrespectful to our future sons...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Payback’s a Bitch | 4/4/2007 | See Source »

...canopy. Shots sounded among the thick undergrowth throughout the day as insurgents fired on U.S. troops combing the thickets, but there were no casualties on either side. U.S. forces say they found two large arms caches in the palm groves outside the village, however, as well as signs of crude guerilla training facilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Scene: Assault on an Iraqi Village | 3/26/2007 | See Source »

Webcomics have been around since the late 1990s, and today there are thousands of them. The diversity of artistic styles is astonishing: anime, clip art, crude scribbles, beautiful finished drawings and everything in between. The Web also frees comics from the iron cage of the traditional strip format. "Being online, there's no reason our strip has to be three panels right next to each other," says Mike Krahulik, half of the team that produces the webcomic Penny Arcade. "It often is. But there's nothing keeping us from making full-page comic-book-style layouts. There's nothing stopping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Zip for the Old Strip | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

BELARUS In early '07, Russia shuts off crude oil supplies, alleging siphoning of oil meant for other nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia in Conflict | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

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