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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...oldest son Uday. The portion of the palace not destroyed by U.S. missiles now functions as the 2nd Battalion's Tactical Operations Center. During the summer, the troops filled the swimming pool and built a sand volleyball court on the grounds. Lieut. Colonel William Rabena, the battalion's stout commanding officer, sleeps in an egg-shaped room dubbed the Love Shack, on a circular canopied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portrait Of A Platoon | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

...bitch like Martha and Oprah?" and she replied, "Martha and Oprah are pretty successful controlling bitches, don't you think?" But Oprah gave women a vision of how to be better; Stewart gave them advice on how to get it done prettier and more tastily. The new Rosie--out, stout and lout--was chancier as an icon for mainstream moms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Rosie The Riveting | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...stabilizing effect of the defense held the team together as the Crimson utilized all three of its goalkeepers—tri-captain Katie Zacarian, junior Aliaa Remtilla and junior Anne Haig—in the shutout. Each had two saves and was helped by a stout supporting cast...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Pummels Providence 7-0 | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

Praveen Kumar, a stout, shabby-looking bookseller who squats next to his wares in a dingy corner of New Delhi's Connaught Place, prides himself on giving customers hefty discounts on their favorite British and American best sellers. The 45-year-old former bookbinder peddles American author Irving Wallace's The Fan Club for 110 rupees ($2.40), about 15% less than the publisher's recommended price. Of course, Kumar adds with a sigh, that's nothing compared with the discounts he offered in the good old days, before India's recent crackdown on pirated books. Kumar previously ran off dozens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blacktop Buccaneers | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

...short supply. Gilligan defended the basic thrust of his reporting, but admitted he had overstated the case against Alastair Campbell, Blair's communications chief, for "sexing up" the September dossier on Iraq's weapons. BBC managers, reeling under a ferocious assault from Campbell, looked hapless as they described a stout defense of Gilligan mounted without checking the foundations of his report. Excerpts from Campbell's diary released last week showed how eager he was to "out" Kelly after he advised his bosses he didn't think what he told Gilligan could possibly be the source of the "sexing up" claim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cease Fire | 9/28/2003 | See Source »

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