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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...course, not all imaginary friends are so versatile or well behaved. Children often complain about invisible friends who won't share or are too loud, too bossy, too stubborn or too busy to play. One child had a make-believe pal who was such a pill he named her Darn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of Make-Believe | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

...serious athletes. There is a tacit consensus as early as freshman year that talking about these sorts of accomplishments is in very poor taste. So we’re all accomplished: Get over yourself. If you want to quietly work towards a four-point, fine, and bully for you, pal, but for heaven’s sake don’t tell us about it. The person who has obviously done all the reading for section is an object of universal derision. The result of this culture of silence is the erosion of ambition. It is in poor taste...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: I Never Thought You’d Do Recruiting | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

...picked up heavyweight Holly-wood fans, from Brett Ratner, director of Chan's Rush Hour smashes, to Quentin Tarantino, who screened Ong-Bak at his home with his pal the RZA of the iconic rap group Wu-Tang Clan. "Tony is my homey, yo," says the RZA. "He's young, energetic--a new breed of martial artist born in the hip-hop generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Next Action Hero | 1/30/2005 | See Source »

...such artistic economy and so little sweat. At 74, he has fashioned one of his richest and sneakiest fables: a boxing tale that screenwriter Paul Haggis based on the stories of F.X. Toole, a former ringside "cut man." That was the trade of Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), who with his pal Eddie (Morgan Freeman) now runs a gym for boxing hopefuls, most without a hope. The longest shot is Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank). She hasn't a prayer, or a clue, but she's determined to be the champ and ... can you guess what happens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: O Come, All Ye Fight-ful | 12/19/2004 | See Source »

Just 55 hours after Spears wed childhood pal Jason Alexander, the union was annulled. But it worked out for both. Spears was free to marry again--in nine months--and Alexander was free to work the "former Mr. Spears" angle at every nightclub in Louisiana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worst Ideas Of 2004 | 12/19/2004 | See Source »

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