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...Saddam Hussein after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and, earlier this year, breaking the story of abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. More overtly emotional than his fellow network anchors, Rather was famous for folksy Southern "Danisms" like "This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex." But he constantly enraged conservative critics, who deemed him too liberal. In September, his reputation suffered incalculably when a 60 Minutes report about President George W. Bush's record in the Texas National Guard turned out to have been based on unverified documents. Rather apologized on-air for the piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex." DAN RATHER, CBS anchor, as the tight Florida returns began rolling in on election night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 2004 Election: Verbatim | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

HONG KONG There's only one watch brand that men here buy. "It's always Rolex," says salesman Stanley Chan, at the Precision Watch Co. The most popular model is the black-face Oyster Perpetual ($3,950), below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The A List: Men's | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

...swarms of tourists. We now house four Starbucks, four upscale bars that are just too clean for any self-respecting college student to haunt, an Abercrombie and Fitch, a Gap, a gourmet desserterie and two high-end watch stores (in case you can’t find the Rolex you want at just one of them...

Author: By Michael A. Capuano, | Title: Dunkin' Into the Square | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

...Hong Kong International Literary Festival?that sure sounds like an oxymoron. Isn't Hong Kong the place where residents are interested exclusively in the Hang Seng Index, Rolex watches and, um, Rolex watches? Where the closest thing to a hot comic novel is Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa's latest plan to stabilize the real estate market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off the Shelf | 3/17/2003 | See Source »

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