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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...live in an era that is defined by extremes. For example, how do we live in a world that contains both the sublime musical experience of “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” by Bone Thugs ‘N Harmony and, on the other side, repugnant trash like “You’re Beautiful” by that ugly English man whose name I actually forget because he sounds like 1800 other ugly English men with strangled falsettos? Western culture is so extreme! I, for one, have always championed the stalwart Protestant notions of moderation...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pants, Minds Wide Open | 4/13/2007 | See Source »

DEFINITION clean-skin ter?ror?ist n. A potential attacker with a spotless record whose documents don't arouse suspicion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lexicon: Clean-skin terrorist | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

George Lucas was delighted with the Star Wars--themed dance routine performed by former 'N Sync-er Joey Fatone on Dancing with the Stars. But he shared some Forceful costume tips with PEOPLE.COM: "He should have had a little Jedi outfit on." SCORE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 23, 2007 | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...talking to one of my roommates one night during my freshman year, and I asked him, “Do white people use the 'N' word behind the backs of black people?” He responded with an emphatic “NO!” He then proceeded to ask me how it felt to be the only black person in a classroom sometimes. From there, our conversation turned into a series of questions, back and forth, as we tried to understand one another’s lives...

Author: By Lumumba Seegars | Title: The Spoken Word | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...sleeps with God, who is African American and who she assumes is "God's black friend." And the current season of South Park opened with an episode about a Michael Richards-esque controversy erupting when a character blurts the word niggers on Wheel of Fortune. (He answers a puzzle - N-GGERS - for which the clue is "People who annoy you"; the correct answer is "naggers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Imus Fallout: Who Can Say What? | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

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