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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...public mood has altered so sharply in just the past few weeks that even those who want to maintain the status quo have had to adjust their positions. Consider the change in fortune for the ill-named Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the biggest pro-China political party in Hong Kong. People voted for them in the 1995 Legco elections because the handover was about to happen?ever-practical Hong Kongers didn't want to elect a combative legislature that was sure to invite a crackdown from Beijing. But these days, the people are watching what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hong Kong Gridlock | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

...some of my hair into millimeter-long shreds, apply spirit gum (a costume adhesive) to my face and dab the hair onto my chin. It’s unconvincing—the hair is too long and it lies in all directions on my face, like a grove of pine trees felled by a hurricane...

Author: By Mandy H. Hu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Drag Diary | 4/24/2003 | See Source »

...EUCERIN'S AQUAPHOR works well, and a dab will last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pow! How to Get It Right in the Kisser | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

...segmentation will let them target specific audiences. Text and pictures can be transmitted with the audio signal as well, which should provide additional advertising and e-commerce revenues to digital stations. Several platforms can distribute the signal. Home and car radios use a terrestrial system called Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB). But signals can also be received from cable and satellite television operators, as well as over the Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don?t Adjust Your Dial | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...Madanian dabs a bit of fudge on a cardboard base and places a white doily on top. She glues on a thick brownie with another dab, smears it generously with chocolate fudge, and pastes another brownie on top. It’s like a sandwich...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After 140 Years, Sad Farewells | 2/15/2002 | See Source »

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