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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Despite what Nyren termed the "very stiff" competition, Panlilio and Eccleston both lauded the friendly atmosphere that has prevailed between the groups...

Author: By Ross A. Macdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Game Shirts Make Fun, Money | 11/17/2000 | See Source »

...cancel appearances that were planned by his predecessor. She's not really having vocal chord problems."... I'm interviewing for my Disney dream job tomorrow. If you see me this weekend and I look happy, ask me how it went. If I look unhappy, offer to buy me a stiff drink... Since I am supposed to be cutting-edge, I flouted a green sports vest and matching pants to lunch the other day and was immediately greeted with a chorus of jeers from my blocking group. "You look like the sixth member of 'Nsync," said one. "Hooray!" I replied...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the (K)now | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

...however, met with stiff opposition, as demonstrated by her removal from parliament. She called this as a conspiracy by a "minority of wealthy, powerful elite" to silence democratic opposition to a "corrupt system based on chaos...

Author: By Tzu-huan Lo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Turkish Politician Speaks at IOP | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

...voting booth in America, the choices were limited. Very limited. The three choices for Justices of the state Supreme Court, two for judges of the civil court and one for assemblyman appeared in both the Democrat and Republican columns. When I tested out the Bush lever, it was so stiff it actually creaked. It also smelled lovely in there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Comes to Chelsea | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

...elected, got him in trouble, and finally, set Gore up for a defeat. It was Bush, after all, who charmed voters, not Gore. It was Bush who managed to captivate with his easy laugh and his loose-limbed grace. Gore was stuck with the old caricature: A stiff, a robot, a typical policy wonk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poor Al Gore, Forever to Be Haunted by Clinton's Ghost | 11/8/2000 | See Source »

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