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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Joads left Oklahoma's Dust Bowl in 1939 and set out for California, people have been flocking to the most populous state in the nation for what seems to have been a limitless pool of jobs. As Steinbeck's characters discovered the employment boom in California is often less spectacular than migrant's have been led to believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Migrant's Dream Has Ended in California | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

Markley must have felt great the next day. The near double-double was followed up by a spectacular performance on Saturday against Penn...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Killer P’s No Match for Sophomore Forward | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...block much of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.) But he also won't simply roll over for Obama's agenda. In offering constructive criticism and viable alternatives, negotiating when possible and walking away when necessary, Cantor believes he's found the path back to that office with the spectacular view of the Mall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eric Cantor: Giving the GOP Back Its Mojo | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...short-lived or delicate, is a testament to those unbreakable bonds worth striving for—love, familial ties, and friendships. German director Doris Dörrie’s “Cherry Blossoms” is a similar reminder to appreciate life’s transient but spectacular moments. This touching film, though at times overstated in its sentimentality, incorporates the evocative power of the plant’s symbolic imagery to encapsulate the experiences of a family coping with an unexpected death. Not long into the film, Trudi Angermeier (Hannelore Elsner) discovers that her husband Rudi (Elmar...

Author: By Eunice Y. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cherry Blossoms | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

Hong Kong International Airport • really quite spectacular tantrum is thrown at by woman who missed her flight to San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

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