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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...said he was forced to step out of the home because of Gates' uncomfortably loud yelling, according to the report obtained from the Boston Globe. He said he told Gates that they could discuss the matter further outside, to which Gates allegedly replied, "ya, I'll speak with your mama outside...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Renowned Af-Am Professor Gates Arrested for Disorderly Conduct | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...village marketplace, are like. My homestay baba grows avocadoes and oranges in the backyard, so we have some with almost every meal. Chapati, which is basically a thin, African version of naan, is delicious (at least until you're forced to consume six of them by your overbearing mama, who insists that you aren't eating enough food). And I have even started to develop a fondness for rice and beans – which is good, because if I didn't, I would definitely go hungry...

Author: By Kate Leist | Title: Taste Test | 7/17/2009 | See Source »

...Latinas may have gotten little air time in U.S. pop culture, but the archetype is an old one among Hispanics: the wizened old woman who serves as a storehouse of folk wisdom - and is occasionally blessed with healing powers. It is the character of solid-like-a-rock Big Mama in Gabriel García Márquez's short story Big Mama's Funerals. It is otherworldly Ultima in Rudolfo Anaya's Chicano lit classic Bless Me, Ultima. And on the telenovelas, it is the kindly older lady who knows who the father of the orphaned deaf-mute child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just What Is a 'Wise Latina,' Anyway? | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

...Stephanie Pratt (stephaniepratt): "Wow Sad day Remembering how much you loved the thriller video when u were 2 yrs.old - Must have watched u dance 2 it a million times" - My mama just texted me that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering Michael Jackson on Twitter | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

...film, was released in 1965 - and was used to film seemingly every wedding, beach holiday and backyard barbecue for the next decade. (Aficionados can check out the opening credits of the '80s coming-of-age drama The Wonder Years for a quick hit of nostalgia.) When Paul Simon sang, "Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away" in 1973, Kodak was still expanding its Kodachrome line, and it was hard to believe that it would ever disappear. But by the mid-1980s, video camcorders and more easily processed color film from companies like Fuji and Polaroid encroached on Kodachrome's market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kodachrome | 6/23/2009 | See Source »

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