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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Fear not, Thresky; rest assured, you are our most beloved Bird-- We shall guard you from those Poonsters; cease your weeping, we implore! Shed no feather as a token of the cruel things they have spoken, Leave their solitude unbroken!--Stay with us forevermore! Leave their sad mock-Flemish castle to their new-made impostor! "You're safe," we murmured, "forevermore...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Ibis | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...officials with police batons and stun guns. If players violate the rules (which should be as vague as possible), they should be handcuffed and forced into excruciatingly uncomfortable positions. To keep players on their toes, capriciously respond to trivial infractions (like illegal motion) with the bastinado or mock executions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are You Ready For Some Football? | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...Before leaving town Wednesday morning, Bush was presented with a mock boxing title belt by his advance team. It was a large affair with blue leather and a gold buckle inscribed "Presidential Debate Champion 2000," and Bush held it above his head and said with a laugh, "From an objective group of people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Bushies Crowned Their Guy as Debate King | 10/18/2000 | See Source »

...Bush campaign officials had debate briefing books? A short document that only McKinnon may have had access to was also found in the material sent to Downey. According to sources familiar with the FBI's investigation, New Hampshire Senator JUDD GREGG, who played Gore in the Bush campaign's mock debates, had typed out about 20 suggestions for the Governor to consider in his debate preparations. During a practice session, he handed the list to McKinnon, who gave the Gregg document with its handwritten notations to Lozano, asking her to type and then e-mail them to other top Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigation: The Debate-Tape Mystery Continues to Unspool | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

...Sailing to Philadelphia, the indignant, muted, yet invitingly incomprehensible lyrics of "Sultans of Swing" are absent. Most of the songs are fairly transparent paeans to episodes of America's folk past, never mind Knopfler's British extraction. The title track features Knopfler and guest James Taylor in a mock-up of a very awkward conversation between Mason and Dixon of Mason-Dixon line fame, but the song holds together if you don't pay attention to the lyrics. Unfortunately, Knopfler seems to have lost the ability to choose exactly the right words for a situation that he displayed so brilliantly...

Author: By Arts Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Albums | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

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