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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dope he would sniff glue. He would do anything, take any kind of drug. I remember seeing him on St. Mark's Place after he left the band, hair short and spiky, in skintight Spandex pants that looked left over from some mall scene of years before. He was thin, "on the heroin diet" as we used to say. Somehow he survived, fought off the dope, wrote a book about it: "Poison Heart: Surviving the Ramones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pal Joey | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

...Joey Ramone Joey was a gangling glandular freak with skin like milk, thin but with wide, girlish hips, topping out at 6'5" or 6'6". He was probably the oddest-looking physical specimen to ever front a successful rock band. He never looked healthy, always pasty and white like something hidden from the sun for a long time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pal Joey | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

When the market goes up, I eat regularly for 24 hours. When the market goes down, I fast for a day. Thanks to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, I have lost 130 lbs. so far. By the time Greenspan has finished wrecking the economy, I'll be wafer thin. Thanks to him, when I jump off the roof and land on someone walking below, I'll be too light to do any damage. RICK GRIGSBY Munster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 16, 2001 | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

While Harvard has an excellent track record with recent NEH proposals, the agency's resources have been stretched thin since a 36% budget cut in 1996. The government agency receives several thousand proposals per year, which are looked over by small panels of outside experts. About 1 in every 5 applications is successful...

Author: By Josiah J. Madigan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Verba Receives Microfilm Grant | 4/12/2001 | See Source »

...With a three-day weekend to think about it, the big money could wind up looking at four thin-but-happy rallies and decide that emergency Fed intervention really is a fantasy. Putting everybody back in a bad mood for Easter Monday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street's Short Week: So Far, So Good | 4/10/2001 | See Source »

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