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...Bush assassination fable in the Condon spirit would have Dubya in 2007 privately ready to back out of Iraq, only to be stopped by a gunman hired by Bush's old strings-puller, and the new president, Dick Cheney. But a peacenik or Islamist or disgruntled office-seeker pulling the trigger? Not if he considers the consequences. Those around Richard Nixon used to joke that no one would shoot him, because then Spiro Agnew would become President. Similarly, anyone who harbored murderous impulses toward Bush might think for a minute and, to put in in Maureen Dowd terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Killed George Bush? | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

...reflects Trevor's face in the dial of a black clock. He might allow a figure to swallow the frame, as bulky Raymond Burr does in Raw Deal. Alton also delighted in visual puns: On a dark street, a trash can lid rattles to the ground, and a gunman collapses on it - his head on a platter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Mann | 7/28/2006 | See Source »

George W. Bush is worth more than Brad Pitt. Well, at least on Trendio com a site where you can speculate on the news. Investors start with $10,000 in play money, which they can plow into some 200 terms, like Michael Jackson, gunman and Dick Cheney. Trading prices of the terms fluctuate according to how often they appear in stories from 3,000 media sources--so the value of Brad Pitt spiked on news of his daughter's birth. But if you can't make real money, what's the point? "Media consumers don't give much thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Place Your Bets: Trading on Buzz | 6/4/2006 | See Source »

Perhaps the most egregious offense is the presence of a shifty emissary from the Catholic Church named Monsignor De Angelis who may or may not a by-the-book villain—either “a man of God with a gun, or a gunman who’s found...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Last Templar’ Excels in Excitement, But Little in Love | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

...Twelve hours into his ordeal the attack on the hideout began. The man is currently hard of hearing, thanks to a gunman he could never see because of the blindfold who opened fire next to his head with a PKC machine gun. Once the firing close to him stopped he could tell the special forces had breached the perimeter. "I'm the guy kidnapped, I'm the guy kidnapped," he hollered. He was urged to come out, and a soldier put his hand on his shoulder. "We've come to rescue you," he was told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exclusive: Iraqi Commander Says, "We Didn't Find a Mosque" | 3/29/2006 | See Source »

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