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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Johnny Rotten, front man of the punk band the Sex Pistols, who wants to play Baghdad to show Iraqis the "downside" of democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

...leader, Tung has many faults, but it's important to remember that he is also the product of a rotten system. Tung was not chosen by the people of Hong Kong. He was picked by China's former President Jiang Zemin and then duly "elected" by a committee of 400 (later expanded to 800) Hong Kongers vetted by Beijing. Although the great majority of Hong Kong people want the Chief Executive to step down, I believe it is undesirable for Beijing to remove him. That would set a terrible precedent. The best way forward for Hong Kong is not just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: System Failure | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

Bottom fishing for bargains in the stocks of distressed companies is a surprisingly popular sport, but careless investors are likely to reel in something rotten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Beware the Bargains | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

...nabobs and some military officers, also insists he will always call Karachi his home. They, along with many other die-hard citizens, find that Karachi possesses a dynamism missing in other Pakistani cities. It's what lures 3,000 newcomers a day to Karachi, even if it means shoveling rotten fish on the wharf for $8 per 12-hour shift and bedding down with the ubiquitous rats on a stretch of pavement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Have & Have Not | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

...would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life of Brian: Confessions of a Would-Be Harvard Man | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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