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Camera crews from various comedy shows mingled in the hallways of Madison Square Garden, looking to catch naive delegates and savvy celebrities alike for a few minutes of face time. Working the crowd Monday night was Triumph the Insult Comic Dog of Late Night with Conan O’Brien. The snarky pooch was missing his trademark cigar, perhaps confiscated by security in strict adherence to the Garden’s no-smoking rules. Triumph’s muse Robert Smigel kept a tight grip on his charge—the puppet never left his arm. Smigel, a longtime Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson on the Floor | 9/2/2004 | See Source »

...documents and hard drives for evidence that Thatcher was connected to a failed coup attempt in the oil-rich central African state of Equatorial Guinea. Thatcher was taken to a magistrate's court and charged under South Africa's Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act. The day's final insult came while Thatcher was waiting for his hearing at which he promised to post bail of $300,000: other prisoners reportedly stole his shoes and cell phone. A onetime race-car driver who famously lost his way in a 1982 rally across the Sahara, causing his Iron Lady mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International Man of Mystery | 8/29/2004 | See Source »

...That’s America!” shouted Robert Smigel, the man with his hand up the rear end of Triumph the Insult Comic...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Convention Doors Lock Out Delegates on Final Evening | 7/30/2004 | See Source »

...picture of Ronald Reagan on the $10 bill [June 21]. On second thought, it is probably fitting to commemorate his life with his picture on money, considering the era of greed he presided over. It's much more appropriate than naming an airport after him, which only added insult to the injury he did when he fired striking air-traffic controllers. Joyce D. Meyer Champaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

...Ronald Reagan on the $10 bill made me recoil physically. On second thought, however, it is probably fitting to commemorate his life with his picture on money, considering the era of greed he presided over. It's much more appropriate than naming an airport after him, which only added insult to the injury he did when he fired striking air-traffic controllers. JOYCE D. MEYER Champaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 12, 2004 | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

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