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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fall in love with it, even as it sets them at a distance from the scurvier action of the characters. Are they beneath you? No: they're you, man. (And woman.) As we watch, the screen turns from a window to a mirror. We see ourselves, and smile, and squirm. So if you're shopping for a cunning comedy that you can fall in love with (without necessarily loving the people in it), "Closer" is the buy of the holiday season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whatever Happened to Movie Sex? | 11/24/2004 | See Source »

...happened to squirm through,” Craig said...

Author: By Abigail M. Baird, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Colorful Affair Ends in Tie | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...been this way for a while: before we see the athletes soar we must first watch them squirm. This time, Australia's pre-Olympics scandal centered on whether five of its male cyclists had injected themselves with banned substances in room 121 at the Australian Institute of Sport cycling facility in Adelaide last year. The five were cleared last month by an investigation headed by a former judge. One of them, Sean Eadie, faced a separate charge of importing human growth hormone (hGH) from the U.S. in the late '90s. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled there was insufficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Old Games Are Over | 8/11/2004 | See Source »

...been this way for a while: before we see the athletes soar we must first watch them squirm. This time, Australia's pre-Olympics scandal centered on whether five of its male cyclists had injected themselves with banned substances in room 121 at the Australian Institute of Sport cycling facility in Adelaide last year. The five were cleared last month by an investigation headed by a former judge. One of them, Sean Eadie, faced a separate charge of importing human growth hormone (hGH) from the U.S. in the late '90s. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled there was insufficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking It Higher | 8/11/2004 | See Source »

...freshman bio—but worms who seem like they’d be more comfortable eating my food from within my intestines than providing it for me at the end of a line. (In fairness I guess I’d make the same choice.) They squirm away from the harsh light, diving back into the soil. I pick out a dozen and drop them into the bucket, wondering if they need water or soil or something but concluding they’ll last the two-minute ride down to the lake...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, | Title: Roughing It (Sort Of) | 7/30/2004 | See Source »

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