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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Turkey Day at Little Woods Elementary School in New Orleans, La. Each fall, for decades, students have dined on the same spread of turkey, Creole gravy, corn-bread dressing and sweet-potato pie. But this week they will add a few new rituals to their holiday meal. Some will poke and prod their turkey meat or smell it to check for rancidity; others plan to pass on the lunch altogether. Most everyone will try to banish the memory of last year's Turkey Day, which ended in a mass pilgrimage to the school nurse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flunking Lunch | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...collaboration between the Sheraton and the Maricopas and Pimas. The $125 million resort is located on the Gila River Indian Reservation, wild horses roam freely across the 16-hectare property, and tamed ones are available for riding. The place has no tepees and no powwows, but ribs from saguaros poke through the ceilings of the meeting rooms, and murals in the lobby recount tribal legends. "It's impossible for guests to leave here and not take at least a little piece of the Pima and Maricopa culture back with them," says sales and marketing director Jim Curtis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hotels of Whim and Vigor | 12/1/2002 | See Source »

...collaboration between the Sheraton and the Maricopas and Pimas. The $125 million resort is located on the Gila River Indian Reservation, wild horses roam freely across the 40-acre property, and tamed ones are available for riding. The place has no tepees and no powwows, but ribs from saguaros poke through the ceilings of the meeting rooms, and murals in the lobby recount tribal legends. "It's impossible for guests to leave here and not take at least a little piece of the Pima and Maricopa culture back with them," says sales and marketing director Jim Curtis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hotels Of Whim And Vigor | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...just try to poke fun, add a little humor to the page,” Blackburn explains. “I think a political cartoon is too limited to express complex opinions...

Author: By James Sigel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard’s Fullback Gets The Picture | 11/22/2002 | See Source »

...guy’s name] is being an asshole. I was laying on his floor, really comfortable. he kept on poking me w/his foot and w/the broom. it hurt. i’m not going to his concert. hes such an asshole. he’s not thoughtful or considerate. i’m so mad. fuck. he was literlally poking me really hard. we are officially starting a fight from today. i’m not going to his concert on Saturday. it hurt. physically. alot. what a cock. i can’t believe him. fuck. bithch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: As Follows | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

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