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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Unfortunately, without Dean, the Democratic primaries are lapsing into a synthetic and unsatisfying beauty pageant. This is mostly John Edwards' fault. If he were really running for President, he would be demanding specificity, and forcing creativity, from John Kerry on Iraq and lots of other issues. He would be taking risks, trying to break the entropy of the campaign. A truly sharp John Edwards might say something like, "John Kerry, the more I look at these Bush deficits, the more I think that you and I should scale back some of these promises we've made. Here's my list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware Flannel-Mouth Disease! | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...happy and satisfied simply have more sex or if it's the sex that makes them happy and satisfied. Whatever the answer, it's clear that human beings would not be fully Homo sapiens--at least not as we've come to understand ourselves--without the great, mysterious, preposterous pageant of our sexuality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love, Sex & Health: Biology: The Power of Love | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...Irin’s official press pass from the 2003 Miss America Pageant...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Deconstructing FM | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

Whether she’s living it up at the Miss America pageant, hobnobbing with media moguls, or picking up makeup tips from drag queens at the Brattle, Irin works her It factor on all who cross her path—even in the dark depths of 14 Plympton St. Her editing marathons are legendary, and not just for the soundtrack of Mideast dance...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Deconstructing FM | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...Burqa?," your people item on Afghan-born beauty contestant Vida Samadzai [Nov. 10]: The Afghan Supreme Court's condemnation of Samadzai is outrageous. But just how far has she come when she has traded her burqa for a bikini in the male fantasyland of a Miss Earth pageant? Mary Lauer Atlanta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

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