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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that it wasn't breathtaking to watch a shiny new ex-presidency disappear under a freak mud slide. The debris hurtled by so fast that the New York Times editorial page seemed to run out of synonyms for disgust, revulsion and abuse. Jimmy Carter, the perfect ex-President, broke the cardinal rule of the brotherhood and called Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich "disgraceful." Even Terry McAuliffe, the former President's friend, said that decision had been wrong. Perhaps worst of all, there seemed to be no end to the bodies that might float down the swollen river. Congressional investigators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pardon Me, Boys | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...this weekend, if your control-freak Harvard brain tells you to stay in, pump up the Simon and Garfunkel mp3s and study for that wicked chem midterm that's coming up, tell your brain to go stuff it and come on down to the Grille. They barely card you there, I hear--and the first round...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: A Toast to Binge Drinking | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...weakest and his most helpless, that's when he had the most to offer. But there were people who came to visit him, and he needed help urinating. He couldn't even get up. So he'd say, Will you hold the beaker? And they'd freak out. Maybe they'd do it or maybe they'd say no, but they wouldn't come back. Instead of seeing him as a guy who was facing death and had all this wisdom, it would be, He's the guy I have to hold the beaker for. Well, you're missing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mitch Albom | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...meteorologist might call Clinton's first month out of office a perfect storm: a freak convergence of fast-moving, late-season weather patterns, a lethal collision of the profound and the trivial. The thunderhead of accusations confirms every fair and unfair thing his enemies have ever said about him--and puts him once again in the sights of a federal prosecutor, this time U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White of New York. Not only are there calls to haul him before Congress, but also they are coming from fellow Democrats who defended him through every past scandal. This time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Can We Miss You If You Never Go Away? | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...Trumptation Island b) Who Wants to Marry a Freak? c) Rich Man, Bald Man d) Billionaire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Feb. 19, 2001 | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

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