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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with "I Love America," who called out, "We don't even know where Senator Obama was really born." (Actually, we do. It's Hawaii.) Frederick beamed: "You need to go out and tell people that from your hearts," he said as he sent the volunteers on their way to knock on doors across Prince William County. (The McCain campaign distanced itself from Frederick, who later claimed he'd been joking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the New Virginia Is Leaning Toward Obama | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...Obama set up a row of false choices to knock down like so many bowling pins - though this time his arm was better than it was back at the Altoona bowling alley earlier this year. "We don't need bigger government or smaller government," he said. "We need a better government." On taxes: "The choice in this election isn't between tax cuts and no tax cuts," it's whether we reward wealth or work. On education, the choice isn't more money or more reform - "our schools need both." And on the war, the choice isn't isolation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Tries to Close the Deal in Pittsburgh | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...Pizzotti looks for Richards in double-coverage in the end zone. It should have been intercepted but Richards does a good job to knock the ball down...

Author: By Crimson staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LIVE BLOG: HARVARD AT PRINCETON (10/25) | 10/25/2008 | See Source »

...better keep up with that self-loathing! A study on dieting by the National Institutes of Health showed that virtually all dieters regained all the weight they lost within five years. Until the medical community can offer people effective solutions to obesity, I suggest that Gupta not knock the self-acceptance route. Kelly Murphy, Hunter, New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...uncomfortable historical parallels. "There was some idea that the financial sector was immune," he says. "It's like pinning your hopes on anything, whether it's textiles in the north of England or the car industry around Birmingham. It expands for a while, and then it takes a nasty knock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London Falling | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

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