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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Onto this scene stumbles Poe (Ronny Pompeo), seemingly in a drunken stupor. Pompeo successfully inhabits the role with a wild look in his dark, sunken eyes. Five women file in behind him, the five most influential women in his life, ranging from his mother to a whore with whom he forms a relationship. The women circle Poe—who collapses—and begin quietly singing adaptations of his most famous poems in unison, including “Annabelle Lee” and “Alone.” Each woman seemingly competes for Poe?...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Nevermore’ Reimagines Poe | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...dinner in order to ensure that there’s ample room for the beer shotgunning to follow in the evening. And nothing gives that tired screwdriver more kick than an empty stomach—an emptiness that’ll also help you achieve the same comedic stupor with less alcohol...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu | Title: The Skinny on Drunkorexia | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...what to make of all that? The U.K. aside, better than anticipated activity holds the hope that Europe may be following the U.S. in seeming to climb out of its deep economic stupor faster than expected - however gingerly. The challenge now is to sustain that improvement. Initial data released state statistics agencies indicates both French and German export boosts primarily benefited from renewed activity in Asia, which itself is at risk of waning. (See pictures of the dangers of printing money in Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France and Germany Climb Out of Recession | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

...sides have been milking a lavish expenses system have left Labour with the bloodiest nose. Throw in the perception that the governing party is out of steam, out of ideas and surviving on borrowed time, and the results were never likely to bring Labour out of its stupor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: European Elections: A Blow to Brown, Boost for Merkel | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

...each drink as if it contains an acid that will cauterize what wounds her inside; or she could be embracing the habit because it brings on oblivion. Half the time she doesn't know the owner of the car or couch where she's been sleeping off her latest stupor. It might be her recovering-alcoholic friend Mitch (Saul Rubinek), who keeps trying to straighten her out. Or it might be her neighbor Elena (Kate del Castillo), who has hatched a goofy plan to retrieve her estranged son Tom (Aidan Gould) - if only Julia will, sort of, kidnap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Tilda Swinton is the Queen of the Indies | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

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