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...innocence of Annette and Frankie beach pictures and Elvis movies in which Ann-Margret doesn't appear. The movie takes Grease, whose script it basically copied, and then actually tones it down. "To get the PG rating, we couldn't say 'sex' or 'If you've got it, flaunt it.' Back in the day, you could get away with stuff you can't get away with now," says Idol runner-up Justin Guarini, 24, in a New York City hotel suite. "In Grease they were smoking," says Idol No. 1 Kelly Clarkson, 21, sitting beside him. "In high school." Wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Singin', Dancin' American Idyll | 6/23/2003 | See Source »

...really common only among the Cantonese or poor rural folk. But these days, even Shanghai residents are hungry for a taste of the wild. With the city's fortunes on the rise, eating endangered animals such as the Yangtze crocodile or Chinese sturgeon has become yet another way to flaunt one's wealth. Restaurateur Ng says his biggest spenders forked over an average of $120 per diner, in a city where the average monthly income is $130. "They order a lot of expensive things, like steamed cobra," he says, "but then they don't actually eat very much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noxious Nosh | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

...veil of ignorance. Remember that most people (like my former self) do not know anything about Harvard, or if they do it’s a one-sentence image—and usually negative. Harvard may be something special and unique, but most Americans don’t flaunt their colleges...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, | Title: How to Forget Harvard | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM The rah-rah moniker for the war never caught on much with the evening newscasts--but Fox and MSNBC flaunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting The War Of Words | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

...OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM: The rah-rah moniker for the war never caught on much with the U.S. newscasts?but Fox and MSNBC flaunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Comeback Kid | 4/20/2003 | See Source »

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