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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wants to sharpen a pencil often the whole row has to get up," she says. "The rows are so close together, when they back up they smash fingers...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bursting at the Seams | 10/11/2000 | See Source »

...stars a homeless tap dancer (Savion Glover) and his pal (Tommy Davidson). Renamed Mantan and Sleep 'n Eat, they are given a supporting cast of Topsy, Rastus, Sambo and Aunt Jemima--enough reminders of racism to spur protests from an enraged citizenry. Guess what? The show is a smash. Audience members show up in blackface. The unknowns become stars. America loves Mantan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Shame of a Nation | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...Americans and Australians came into these Olympics vying for the title of swimming supremacy. American Gary Hall Jr. predicted they would smash the Australian swimmers like guitars, and when all was said and done, they did, winning 29 medals to the Australians...

Author: By Barat Samy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Slammin' Samy: The Olympics that America Forgot About | 10/3/2000 | See Source »

...before the first event. "This is all media crap! We do not have a strong enough team to beat the U.S." If he was trying to defuse things, the swimmers weren't cooperating. U.S. sprinter Gary Hall Jr. had said of the Australians that he and his teammates would "smash them like guitars." Aussie champ Kieren Perkins responded that he never listened to "drug cheats," a reference to Hall's 1998 suspension for marijuana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Big Splash In Sydney | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...will kick off in February. Play in the new league will feature several changes from traditional pro football that are meant to enhance the speed and smash-mouthed nature of the game...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved by the Bell: X-Treme Caution | 9/19/2000 | See Source »

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