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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Even worse than losing that okusan (housewife) support is the perception that Koizumi caved in to the very forces he was elected to oppose. Liberal Democratic Party (ldp) bosses and bureaucrats had been scheming for months to get rid of Tanaka; Koizumi's backpedaling makes him look like a wimp - and a carbon copy of all the losers who preceded him in office. Even more dispiriting is his most recent choice of confidant, none other than his hapless predecessor, the most unpopular Prime Minister Japan has ever had, Yoshiro Mori. "This is the beginning of the betrayal to the nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yet Another Japanese Zero? | 2/18/2002 | See Source »

...western Europe. They will be brought to justice not by U.S. special forces or B-52 pilots but by skillful forensic work and international cooperation among criminal-justice professionals. After the triumphs in Afghanistan, it's tempting to think that the American military machine, on its own, can rid the world of terrorism. The lesson of the shoe bomber's story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shoe Bomber's World | 2/16/2002 | See Source »

...rid of this “bad boy” image, the hosts next made Willis don a baby blue headband and wristband to do step aerobics...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pudding Roasts Willis in Lavish Annual Event | 2/15/2002 | See Source »

...rid of the demons, Willis played the harmonica to the jazz beat of the Theatricals’ band as the audience clapped with the rhythm...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pudding Roasts Willis in Annual Celebration | 2/15/2002 | See Source »

...rid of the demons, Willis played the harmonica to the jazz beat of the Theatricals’ band as the audience clapped with the rhythm...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pudding Roasts Willis in Lavish Annual Event | 2/15/2002 | See Source »

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