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...about the idea of playing in the tourney, in a podcast and on the message board at my website. All of a sudden, other dudes like me - old, out-of-shape, unathletic, with more body fat than bone - started dreaming they, too, could forecheck it up the slot and slap themselves some middle-aged glory one last time ... in the hometown of the Great One, no less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Friend of the Hockey Court | 5/14/2009 | See Source »

...laughed so hard when Klein brought up the abuse of McDonald's until I remembered heart disease is our No. 1 killer. Perhaps we should slap the suggested 10% tax on fast-food chains instead. Michael Lai, Brisbane, Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

...Lewis got a slap on the hand. Shareholders of Bank of America (BAC) voted to separate the chairman's role from the CEO's and the bank's board was forced to elect a new chairman, Walter E. Massey, a college president who has been on the firm's board for so long that he is as responsible for the bank's trouble as anyone else involved in the company's governance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ken Lewis Keeps His Day Job | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...interrogation memos and last week left the door open to prosecuting former Bush Administration officials who sanctioned the harsh interrogation of terror detainees. But the fact that the nation, or at least the national media, spent the next few days debating the finer points of the insult slap and waterboarding, shows how easily the search for justice can overshadow everything else. Obama is now at a juncture in his agenda where he will need to bring together as many lawmakers from both sides as he can to pass sweeping changes to the country's education, health care and environmental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and the Dems: Look Forward or Back? | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...question missing in the media frenzy was, however, what took so long for everyone to catch on? Even before his election as president, Sarkozy had secured a reputation as a man with a quick and nasty temper, sharp tongue, and obsession with coming out on top in verbal slap fights - particularly ones played out in public. Presidential aides regularly say that privately Sarkozy "has no time for diplomats, whom he considers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy's Comments on Leaders Draw Shock, Denial | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

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