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Dates: during 2000-2009
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When a prodigal son like our very own “George” walks back in after more than a decade in Washington and Austin, he is hailed as the very essence of the city. But the millions of others who come to town for a piece of the (formerly) booming North Texas economy will likely never really fit in with the establishment, even if they become wildly successful...

Author: By James K. Mcauley | Title: Welcome Home, George and Laura | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...Bill Clinton established a reputation for fudging his score - cheating, some said - in rounds with campaign donors while chewing an unlit cigar on the tee. George W. Bush played the way his father H.W. did, like a race against time, until the last years in office, when the son banned himself from the game because he didn't want to send the "wrong signal" to the mothers of the Iraq-war dead. (Read "Ronald Reagan's Golf Balls? Step Right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack Obama: America's (Not So Great) Golfer-in-Chief | 8/9/2009 | See Source »

...take a while, however, to persuade the locals to change their shopping habits. "I'll come here only once in a while," says Dalvinderjit Kaur, a housewife, whose son is filling out a form to get membership at Best Price. "I have shopped at the same kiryana shop for 18 years." There are many reasons customers like Kaur prefer their kiryana shops: they deliver for free, even for small orders; they allow regular customers credit; and they are close by and personal. "He knows us so well," she says. "When my daughter went to America to study, he called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Visit to India's First Walmart (a.k.a. Best Price) | 8/9/2009 | See Source »

...private moment with my dad to thank him for sticking with it," his son Michael told reporters outside the hospital after the papers freeing his father were signed. "It was very emotional when the guards left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Great Train Robber' Freed from Jail | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

...after 13,068 days on the run, Biggs returned to Britain on a chartered plane paid for by British tabloid the Sun. Having suffered a series of heart attacks, Biggs reportedly returned seeking medical attention. However, through his son he told reporters that he returned to spend his final days in his native land. "My last wish is to walk into a Margate pub as an Englishman and buy a pint of bitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Great Train Robber' Freed from Jail | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

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