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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...appeared last week at an antiwar demo in London's Hyde Park. On her hit single It Takes More she raps, "Who gives a damn about the ice on your hand/ If it's not too complex/ Tell me how many Africans died for the baguettes on your Rolex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brits Are Coming | 2/16/2003 | See Source »

...color and density of oatmeal, feebly lit by an orange disc as vague as a watermark. In urban China in the 21st century, this is known as a sunny day. At an outdoor marketplace, a teeming tenement of narrow stalls and alleys, clamoring vendors peddle knockoff Rolex watches and Nike sneakers, pirated videos, severed ducks' heads and trussed pink pigs. Into this tumult strides a 2.13-meter alien from the imperial courts of the U.S. But he is no tourist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Would Be Ming | 2/2/2003 | See Source »

...began with a grandfather clock - (okay, and some Italian suits, a 52-inch television and a Rolex.) These gifts, given compliments of donor David Chang, lie at the heart of the scandal that destroyed Robert Torricelli's political career. The brash senator from New Jersey resigned suddenly this week, reeking of impropriety and tearfully bemoaning the lack of "forgiveness" in the world today. For making news - and making waves - Torricelli is our Person of the Week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of the Week: Robert Torricelli | 10/3/2002 | See Source »

...tales of Saddam's brutish violence are legion. Abu Harith (not his real name) spent his life in Saddam's inner circle. He still looks the part: he has the characteristic paunch, the moustache, the Rolex, the confident walk of a senior officer. He spent a year in the foreign directorate of the Defense Ministry, then transferred into Jihaz al-Amin al-Khas, or Special Security Organization (SSO), the elite intelligence outfit responsible for Saddam's personal security, the construction and hiding of weapons of mass destruction and other sensitive tasks. In the 1990s, Abu Harith ran a front company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Saddam's World | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...gone are the interior monologues, and good riddance; Sidney has no soul to confide to us. But he has a handsome line of patter - a slick pitch (most likely a spitter) for shoddy merchandise. He stops you on the street, talks fast, and suddenly you're wearing a fake Rolex. You've been had, in the grimy mid-Manhattan theme park called Sidneyland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Sweet Smells | 3/21/2002 | See Source »

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