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Dates: during 2000-2009
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After a while, that little icon becomes less an option than a command. Refresh! Refresh! Refresh! You hit the button, take a big info swig and are left thirstier than you were before. It's the pause that doesn't refresh and the refresh that never pauses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '08: The Media's 24-Minute News Cycle | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...spit bucket. I took a whiff and instantly realized it couldn't taste as bad as the red from Cape Cod, which was the worst beverage of any kind I'd ever tasted--and I had to swallow barium for an upper-GI test. As I took a swig and swirled it around to gross out my friends, I thought it tasted like America. It was sweet, funky, simple, aggressive and not as bad as you'd been led to believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fifty States of Wine | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...coffee all day. Mmmmmcoffeecoffeecoffee. A typical coffee day for me is: pot of caffeinated before breakfast; pot of decaf after dropping the kids off; iced coffee from the leftovers while I write in the morning; cup of coffee from the office machine before a meeting in the afternoon; furtive swig of the dregs of a cup I discover on my desk at the end of the day. Don't you judge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starbucks' New Brew: A First Taste | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...time to his step. He was in a festive mood, sporting salmon-colored trousers and a vernal polo. Making his way past his party guests, Braddock paused the stereo, which had been blaring Bon Jovi. An abrupt hush came over the well-dressed-but-getting-sloppier room. Taking a swig of Sam Adams, Braddock composed himself and declared, “Thank you all for coming here tonight. It’s nice to see all you nerdy bastards again!” The crowd of 30 let out a cheer: a cathartic mixture of gratitude, self-satisfaction, and relief...

Author: By Daniel J. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Major Catharsis Minus the Thesis | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

Donato takes a swig of water as the Crimson earns its first power-play opportunity of the night. During the ensuing television timeout, he bends over intently, instructing a huddle of helmets on how to convert on the upcoming man advantage...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: GET A LODHA THIS: A Test for Ted | 3/1/2008 | See Source »

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