Word: homely
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Diana White tells me, he's more than the sum of dimples and muscles. But anybody can be an actor; it's tough to be an icon. McConaughey sustains his status by bantering effortlessly with Jay Leno, spoofing himself in a Sex & the City episode and, in general, hammering home the impression that the genial fellow we see in movies is close to the down-home Texan he may well...
...border authorities who patrol that 1,969 mile long border have another stealth threat to worry about. This month, they will begin installing the first small, 50 mile segment of a "virtual fence" on the dividing line with Mexico. By 2014 most of the border will be home to sensor-equipped towers that are linked to a central communications network. But while proponents argue that the system will help stem the flow of illegal immigrants, drugs and arms coming over the border, most experts admit it will do little to guard against people making their way under...
...pictures of Culiacan, the home of Mexico's drug-trafficking industry...
...ruled in favor of the rights of the accused in criminal cases, who supported gay rights and opposed school prayer. As a nominee Souter had the strong support of Bush's White House chief of staff John Sununu, who would assure his fellow conservatives that Souter would be a "home run" for their team. In retrospect, he was right about the home run, wrong about the team. (TIME judges the possible Souter replacements...
...Local activists were so angry about that one that they put an initiative on the ballot in Souter's hometown to seize his home and replace it with an inn to be called the Lost Liberty Hotel. It was voted down, so the old farmhouse will still be there waiting for him when Souter leaves Washington - still a loner, still a mystery in some ways, but a man we know much more about now than we did when he first arrived...