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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...American that one cannot see elsewhere. Here all the music and shadows of the country flow together. Here thrives the figure of the adorable con artist, like Harlem's Mr. Rinehart in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, whose "world was possibility." He was "Rine the runner and Rine the gambler and Rine the lover and Rine the Reverend." His multiple identities occupied "a world without borders...where Rine the rascal was at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Comes To Harlem | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...Peres for the beleaguered prime minister passed Friday, leaving Barak to face the hawkish Likud leader, who currently enjoys a lead of up to 20 percent in the polls. Having escaped the shadow of Peres, Barak may narrow that gap somewhat by Tuesday, but not even the most optimistic gambler would bet on his beating Sharon on election day. Come Wednesday, all stakeholders in the Middle East peace process will likely have to digest the reality that Israel's new leader is a man dedicated to reversing what he considered the reckless peacemaking efforts of his predecessor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel After Barak | 2/2/2001 | See Source »

...that, Texas--though certainly acquiring what Hicks termed "cache" around the majors--has no guarantee to be that much better next year. Manager Johnny Oates still has to hand the ball to his "ace," Kenny Rogers, every fifth day (insert The Gambler joke here...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The 'V' Spot: Thank You, A-Rod | 12/14/2000 | See Source »

...here, in surreal counterpoint, is smooth Jim Baker, who looks and talks like Danny Kaye as the Mississippi riverboat gambler in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Public Ever Tire of This Mess? | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

...here, in surreal counterpoint, is smooth Jim Baker, who looks and talks like Danny Kaye as the Mississippi riverboat gambler in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Public Ever Tire of This Mess? | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

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