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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...almost as if we as a nation said in previous decades, "Why do today what we can put off until the first decade of the 21st century?" But we didn't rise to those challenges. What we just lived through, then, was the chickens coming home to roost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade from Hell | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

Either way, parents shouldn't get too used to the echoing hallways, since the recession often means an empty nest won't stay empty for long. And when adult children come home to roost, says Cheryl Pickford, 54, who recently completed an empty-nest workshop in Adrian, Mich., "it's a totally different ball game." Boundaries rule. "If you're not good at saying no," says Caine, "gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Live (and Love) in an Empty Nest | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Republican: 1. Rare political species targeted for extinction by the dominant, “open-minded” liberal populace which rules the Yard roost. Watch them as they graze...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...gloves - untangled the aggressive baby vampire from the net, grabbing it carefully as it squealed and hissed madly, trying to bite its handlers through their gloves. The veterinarians applied a poisonous gel to the body of the captured vampire and released it, allowing the animal to return to its roost, where the other bats - up to dozens in the colony - would dutifully lick it clean, killing themselves in the process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua's Vampire Problem | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...banks of selling junk papers to unsuspecting clients, many of whom are pensioners, is far more despicable. The U.S. authorities must be aware that European investors who have been cheated in this fashion might just return the favor by starting class-action suits against these banks. Then what? Peter Roost, BUERON, SWITZERLAND...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Next for the GOP | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

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