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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...document how Iraqis saw themselves,” she said. “They were numb, waiting, frightened like the rest...

Author: By Joshua D. Gottlieb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Journalist Describes Post-War Iraqi Life | 10/1/2003 | See Source »

...weeks before Cash's death, Jones and his wife Nancy paid a visit. "He had just gotten back from the dentist," Jones says. "He had numb lips and all. He stayed seated just about the whole time we were there. But he was in a good mood. He said he was fixing to get up and throw that wheelchair away, and he was going back to work." But to others Cash revealed his resignation. Wilson, who visited Cash at Nashville's Baptist Hospital, says, "He was aware things were closing down for him, and he was at peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Man In Black: JOHNNY CASH (1932-2003) | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

Automatic massage devices tend to shake you until you're numb. The D.1 ($4,900) is more sophisticated than that. It uses a system of computer-controlled rollers that firmly and methodically press into your back. While that mechanism lulls you into bliss, inflatable air bags squeeze your hands, forearms, feet and calves to release tension and increase blood flow. Developed in Japan and coming to the U.S. next month (see inada-chair.com for store locations), the D.1 feels like a professional shiatsu massage, but with greater privacy and convenience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Sitting Pretty | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

Roger C. Taylor ’53, a retired Navy commander who graduated from the Harvard ROTC program, gave the keynote address, imploring the graduates to avoid becoming numb to the realities of warfare with advanced technology...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eight Cadets Become Officers In Yard Ceremony | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...fact, a lot about this men’s basketball season hurt. But to their credit, even as the heartache became inevitable, Merchant and his classmates never let themselves go numb...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hoops Battles to Doomed End | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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