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...This suggests that all the meetings in 2004 had been part of a grand deception, designed to convince him that he was being looked at as a political asset and not as a potential criminal detainee. The idea is that by the time he got to New York, the jig was up, and the feds were just trying to wring every last bit out of him before the arrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warlord or Druglord? | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...latest issue of Esquire, you say that "the jig is up" for us as a society because "nature is pissed off." What do you mean by that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Alan Arkin | 12/21/2006 | See Source »

...Korea had lobbed medium-range missiles into the Sea of Japan 1998 - not exactly a confidence-building measure for the other parties to the 1994 deal. When the Bush Administration came up with what it claims was solid intelligence about a secret uranium-enrichment program in late 2002, the jig was up, and many in Washington decided there was no way North Korea could be trusted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What North Korea Wants | 12/18/2006 | See Source »

Last Friday, Nintendo's new $250 videogame console arrived and in spite of being an admitted non-gamer, I was giddy with anticipation. I actually caught myself dancing a little jig. That evening, my wife and I were in the family room with another couple. My friend Chris and I got to work, connecting the Wii (pronounced "we" not "why") to a 42-inch Philips LCD TV, while the womenfolk looked on with politely condescending curiosity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Instant Wii Play | 11/13/2006 | See Source »

...Bangers n' Mash" which featured Yorke for a short bit on drums, and the superb "Bodysnatchers," were also well received. If the band felt any pressure they didn't show it. Several times during the show, Yorke, making quips in pseudo-French, bared his inner nerd, dancing a spastic jig that was simultaneously geeky and cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radiohead Revitalized | 6/19/2006 | See Source »

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