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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...multipierced "punk Chihuahua" who offers up a novel, chapter by chapter, for Swenson's critique. Flummoxed by her talent and flattered by her praise, Swenson finds himself drawn to Angela in increasingly unprofessorial ways despite his seemingly sturdy marriage. Though he suspects she may be unstable--and a pathological liar to boot--Angela's pull leads Swenson to a bungled sexual encounter and what proves to be an ill-advised promise to show her work to his editor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Teacher's Pet With Fangs | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...hands" for the death of a former Northwestern University basketball coach whose murderer slipped through existing gun-control laws. In the background of this bitter debate played a barrage of television ads in which N.R.A president Charlton Heston, in his full Moses voice, called the President a liar for distorting the N.R.A's position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pause in the Shootout | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

...Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Oscar producers have yet to announce how they'll censor such lyrics as "Blame Canada with all their hockey hullabaloo/ and that b____ Anne Murray too," but Williams' history of antic unpredictability could make any decision moot. It may not erase the memories of Jakob the Liar or Bicentennial Man, but then what could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 27, 2000 | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

...finally switched from Oxford don to Hulk Hogan, Bradley went too much against type. He and Gore both looked like the Bickersons, but Bradley was judged by a higher standard. Instead of concentrating on issues ("I did vote for flood relief"), he went personal ("My opponent is a liar, and he hit me first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Bradley: The Loneliest Face in the Crowd | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...Liar, beware. In announcing a settlement with the Georgetown crew--who neither admitted nor denied the allegations and promised not to violate securities law in the future--the SEC was showcasing a stepped-up effort to crack down on rampant Internet stock swindlers. With the Net now America's stock-tip central, boiler rooms have become inefficient relics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Stock Scams Off-Line | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

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