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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...turned against their own reforms during the campaign, the Greens, who think that "social justice" and ecological correctness trump growth, and the newest entrant, the Left Party, which roped in 9% of the vote with a kind of reactionary socialist utopia: down with globalization, more welfare, less competition, "soak the rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Change Without a Revolution | 9/26/2005 | See Source »

With the competition over, Tran is taking the time to wind down and soak up as much of home as possible...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: T.V. ‘Scholar’ Sets Sight on Harvard | 7/29/2005 | See Source »

...Michael Smith, Ellison Onizuka and Judith Resnik were seated, was still partly intact. The Navy's team of 40-odd divers managed to bring to the surface the remains of the crew members. The divers also recovered the shuttle's four flight recorders, which might, despite a six-week soak in salt water, provide valuable data about the disaster. Although NASA had not announced it, within a few days of the crash U.S. Coast Guard searchers recovered three battered flight helmets and a plastic package containing materials McAuliffe had planned to use to teach schoolchildren "lessons from space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painful Legacies of a Lost Mission | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Glaves are sitting on their equity, staring daily at the towering new edifices around them that they consider eyesores. But they must know that it's just a matter of time before they take the money and run. When that day comes, they'll be sure to soak up a final view--and on their way out, sidestep the bulldozer in their driveway. --By Sonja Steptoe/ Los Angeles

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Out: Bulldozer Ahead! | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

Although she’s let Orange-Solve, Dorm Crew’s chosen multipurpose de-greaser, soak in the walls, she points out that there is not a lot of grime in this particular bathroom to wipe away from the shower walls...

Author: By Heloisa L. Nogueira, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Worker Readies for Spring Cleaning | 5/27/2005 | See Source »

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