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...around them, subtle jokes litter the landscape. The name of a bar; the sponsors of Ferrell's car; the sportscasters at the race; the way Ricky Bobby says grace at the dinner table; the Halliburton executives watching from the V.I.P...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ferrell, Fast and Funny | 8/6/2006 | See Source »

...time the winding road descends into the chalky hills around the southern Lebanese market town of Nabatieh, the roads have cleared of all vehicles. Indeed, the ramshackle villages with their litter-strewn streets appear deserted. Occasionally one or two people are seen, sitting in plastic chairs on the side of the road, chatting and smoking cigarettes. The shops, however are all closed. And high above is the incessant, threatening rumble of Israeli jets and the irritating whine of reconnaissance drones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Scene: Cut Off and Under Siege in South Lebanon | 7/18/2006 | See Source »

...Newspapers tend to litter the tabletops at eateries on campus a bit more these days, as people keep up with the details of the now notorious rape case that emerge daily. Over the last month, the campus has played host to local and national news stations that parked satellite trucks next to dorms for days, and television crews set up on the main quad every morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Campus: Duke Students Are Sick of the Story | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

...prompted a call to the A.S.P.C.A.) A precocious celebutant makes her entrance via helicopter. A self-proclaimed "divo" (like diva but different) rents out the mall to stage a faux fashion show (prompting a backstage catfight over a limited supply of bustiers). There are hired dancers, a raj-like litter hoisted by hand-picked hotties and an apparent contractual obligation for someone to arrive in a stretch Hummer. I had no idea so many stretch Hummers even existed. No wonder we had to go to war in Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweet 16 and Spoiled Rotten | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

...town's homes suffered some damage. Driving the streets around Springfield, traffic was jammed as police shut down major streets here to make way for the tow and electrical trucks, the diggers and the emergency equipment that scattered across the city to begin shoving aside nature's litter. Some of the capitol building's windows were blown out and other government buildings suffered some damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Midwest Tornadoes: Surveying the Tornado Damage | 3/14/2006 | See Source »

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