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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...been unable to attract more than 4,000 to 5,000, it was an astounding figure for the usually reserved and detached Belorusians. Many fewer showed up on Monday night, leaving only some 1,000 standing vigil Tuesday morning. But by the evening, as five EU ambassadors came to rub shoulders with opposition candidates Alexander Milinkevich and Alexander Kozulin, more people slipped through the police lines, bringing the number of protesters back up to around 7,000. Most importantly, they vowed to heed Milinkevich's call to stay through Saturday - which happens to be Liberty Day, the anniversary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Scene: A Revolution in Belarus? | 3/21/2006 | See Source »

...five-year affair with a 29-year-old Maryland woman, but denies repeatedly beating her." At one point, the woman locked herself in the Congressman's bathroom and called 911, claiming that he was trying to choke her. Sherwood said he was just giving her a back rub. The woman brought suit, and Sherwood settled out of court. A former teacher named Kathy Scott last week announced she would challenge Sherwood in the Republican primary because he "is not living his personal life in a way that's honest and moral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq-War Vets: The Democrats' Newest Weapon | 3/12/2006 | See Source »

...performances of 14 witty new songs, including “Women and Chillin’ First” in which Rodriguez attempts to seduce all women in sight with a suave nonchalance that is part Fred Astaire and part Elvis. In “There’s the Rub,” a dazzling Andersson manages to be touching and moving, even while dressed in more makeup, skimp and sparkle than Cleopatra...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Yacht Hits the Spot' | 2/27/2006 | See Source »

...that predominates in Saudi Arabia, as well as among the jihadists of al-Qaeda, denigrates Shiites as apostates. Within both Shiism and the Sunni tradition, however, there are a variety of different approaches to theological, legal and political questions, and they have coexisted for centuries. Members of both sects rub shoulders during the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding Iraq's Ethnic and Religious Divisions | 2/24/2006 | See Source »

...Winning isn't everything. It's just as important that we rub it in. Medal counts are a great, quantifiable way to say 'Yes, we're in an unpopular war, we're bitterly divided, and we're embroiled in scandal, but if you get all up in our bobsled grill, we'll bring the $%@# hammer down.'" --STEPHEN COLBERT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punchlines: Feb. 20, 2006 | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

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