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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...slow swish of Shakespeare Christmas’ broom is the only sound in Paine Concert Hall early in the morning...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Janitor Sweeps, Negotiates | 3/1/2002 | See Source »

...gracefully. Humble huts are now trendy ouzerí and cafés. Warehouses have become fashionable nightclubs. Neoclassical buildings with gateways on to verdant courtyards have been converted to stylish galleries and quaint tavernas. That uneasy coexistence between the district's old and new, its mix of shabby and swish, is the area's most lively feature. Look behind the designer glitz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Traditionally Trendy | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

...Pensacola, Fla. The Gulf waves were mild, no higher than a foot and a half. His sister and the other girls had ventured out much farther, but Jessie, 8, his brothers and some cousins stayed 15 ft. from shore, crouched in the shallow surf. Then, one brother felt something swish by his leg, and Jessie saw the sharp fins of a bull shark protruding 2 ft. above the water. The shark took an exploratory bite of his arm and a chunk of his thigh. "He's got me!" Jessie yelled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Jessie Arbogast | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...after spring break. The tourists have abandoned us. Most of the people who came here in search of a quick buck during the past few years have gone. The foreign billionaires have scuttled back to Europe and Asia, the corporate parvenus have retreated, and Hollywood celebrities no longer swish through our office seeking a smattering of pixie dust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spring Comes Early To Silicon Valley | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...buzzer rang, and a split-second later the unmistakable sound of swish signified that Wente's Hail...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ra-Hooligan: College Basketball Baby! | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

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