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Word: pigged (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...lovers leaving lovers say, By the time you read this, I'll be gone. Or possibly I won't. Given the way life is being prolonged these days, I--with my pig's liver, titanium hips and knees, artificial heart, transplanted kidney and reconstructed DNA--could write this letter in my century and pick it up in yours. ("Dear Me"--the perfect address for a solipsistic time.) No thanks. It is enough to be able to send these words across the abyss of years to tell something of who we are. We are members of a narrative species...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter To The Year 2100 | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

...that difficult to find a male who is famous, out of work, in need of a little slimming and known for yielding to temptation now and then even in nonalimentary matters. Helmut Kohl comes to mind. In the "before" shots, Chancellor Kohl could be shown in one of those pig-outs he used to have with Bill Clinton--both of them up to their elbows in sausage and mashed potatoes. Instead of running on Oprah, of course, the male-spokesperson commercials would be aired during time-outs at the Super Bowl, spoiling everything for poor Charlie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fat of the Land | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

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