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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...unimportant as aerial acrobatics may seem to most purists--two points it two points, after all--the fact that the WNBA hasn't seen even one dunk is a bad thing. And I blame one person for it: Margo Dydek...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Carol of the Bells: Stop Faking the Funk | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

...sharply with its reputation as the foremost example of "jiggle TV." Having been a teenager during that period, I can assure you that sexier situations cropped up in any random installment of "The Battle of the Network Stars" (to wit: Heathers Locklear and Thomas locked in a carnival-style dunk tank wearing flimsy swimsuits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Astro Zombies and Corpse Grinders | 11/10/2000 | See Source »

...best Lieberman could muster was an "I'm thinking about it." For Cheney, more bluntly, the issue was "no slam dunk." Padding their responses with empty rhetoric, both candidates did a poor job of concealing the message their answers conveyed: Implied in the constitutional promise of equal rights for all citizens is an exception clause with respect to gays...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, | Title: Rights Policies Gone Wrong | 10/11/2000 | See Source »

Cheney, whose daughter is a lesbian, said the issue is not "a slam dunk," but "we ought to do everything we can to tolerate" such partnerships...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cheney and Lieberman Clash in Debate | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

...Justice lawyers aren't sure. The call would be easy if there were evidence of a black-bag job or illegal bugging. Those are slam-dunk felonies. Though Bush loyalists are peddling rumors of a possible break-in at the campaign or an advertising agency, they haven't presented the FBI with evidence that any such thing happened. Agents have come up with no evidence to suggest the tape that reached Downey was made by illegal clandestine surveillance equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Aides Cry Foul Over Debate Tape Investigation | 9/23/2000 | See Source »

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