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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Australian [Open] this year and had a chance to chat with him a little bit. When we talk, he always says stuff like "Tell me about 1962!" Or, "Tell me about those wooden rackets!" He's a great historian of the game and is always curious. There's such a contrast between our eras. When I took off in 1956, it took three days to get from Sydney to Rome. Now they do it in half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis Great Rod Laver | 6/10/2009 | See Source »

...Tell that to the Boss, Mr. A. "The abuse of our fans and our trust by Ticketmaster has made us as furious as it has made many of you," Bruce Springsteen said after a ticket fiasco in New Jersey in February steered buyers to a secondary market the company owns where tickets were being hawked at up to five times face value. The Boss was so ticked off, he went on to cast his vote against the merger, fearing a music monopoly. (Read a brief history of Ticketmaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ticketmaster, Live Nation: Obama's Antitrust Test | 6/10/2009 | See Source »

...much power do genes hold over behavior? Can they predict, for example, whether a child will grow up to join a gang? Those are among the questions raised by a new Florida State University (FSU) study released June 5. (What Can Genetic Tests Tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Which Kids Join Gangs? A Genetic Explanation | 6/10/2009 | See Source »

Pietrangelo and others argue that Obama has leeway under the law that codified "Don't ask, don't tell" after the 1993 outcry when Bill Clinton tried to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly. The President, they say, could instruct the Secretary of Defense, who has the sole power to carry out the law, to make investigations a rarity, so that "Don't ask, don't tell" simply does not function. Indeed, Obama could tell the Pentagon that, as a general matter, it is not in the best interest of the armed forces to expel a service member solely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dismay Over Obama's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Turnabout | 6/9/2009 | See Source »

...about his own reportedly paltry get-out-the-vote effort and McAuliffe's out-of-town endorsements, Deeds, in his usual aw-shucks persona, stammered out: "I can't rattle that stuff off the top of my head. There's another candidate that can do that. But I can tell you that I've had people working hard for weeks and for months ... You know the other night in Charlottesville, I had four former mayors and a vice mayor all making calls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Dems (and McAuliffe) Buck Tradition in Virginia? | 6/9/2009 | See Source »

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