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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Dick was very jovial,” McLoughlin said, comparing Gross’ management technique with that of Hammonds, who administrators said tends to makes decisions behind closed doors...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel and Ahmed N. Mabruk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: A Disconnected Dean | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

...railed the Pakistani press, that the Americans were pursuing a policy of balkanization in the country. On May 18, the Nation published a story that said: "Former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on the orders of the special death squad formed by former US vice-president Dick Cheney ... The squad was headed by General Stanley McChrystal, the newly-appointed commander of US army in Afghanistan." The story was sourced to an interview by an unnamed Arab TV channel with American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. Hersh immediately denounced the report as "complete madness" to another Pakistani paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Casualty of War | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...grab bag: the sea of rapturous pink-faced men in suits at last year's Republican Convention, Sarah Palin speaking of her gay friend's "choice," the endless seven minutes of Bush sitting still during the onset of 9/11, pretty much any comment from Dick Cheney. When Obama was elected, many wept from a mixture of deep relief and optimism--only to be mocked afterward by Republican pundits, who would begrudge Obama anything. When will they get it? Will Gilchrist, LOS ANGELES

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...perpetually optimistic HGTV announce so frankly that homeowners are up a creek is like watching Dick Cheney go on Meet the Press to declare that waterboarding is torture. But HGTV is hardly the only network trying to figure out how the recession and a political shift have changed America. The underlying question at the just completed network "upfronts," or fall-schedule presentations to advertisers, was, If we are truly becoming a different society--more abstemious, more modest in our ambitions, more community-focused, or just poorer--what will this new society blow its time watching on the tube...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Networks Look Ahead: Change, the Channel | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...vocal opponent of the bank-bailout plan and could try to move the planned reregulation of Wall Street to the left. Still, Senate Democrats will benefit from having one more friendly face in the chamber - and one less Republican arm to twist. "It's one more vote," Dick Durbin said with a beleaguered laugh when asked last week about the difference Franken might make. As the No. 2 Senate Democrat, Durbin is the man responsible for counting the votes. "We have this tough situation with Senator Byrd and Senator Kennedy, so on a good day, we have 57. Al Franken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Will Al Franken Make a Difference in the Senate? | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

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