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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with all-white audiences—these pale dozens mulling over the endless tumult of the least-developed continent.It is all a good deal of fun. The playful banter of unrestrained whiteys who have a serious, but not vested, interest in Africa lends itself to chat that would be verboten continent-side. The portly President of Tanzania has, for instance, been an object of singular ridicule, being described alternately as “voluptuous” and “jolly-seeming.”But in coming here, I have a more sober mission. I have spent my past...

Author: By Travis R. Kavulla, | Title: Peripheral Studies | 11/21/2005 | See Source »

...spotter, who sits on a hill with binoculars and watches for passing aircraft that might disrupt a shot. There are some naysayers. "I can't believe they get to see me in costume and makeup," says a visibly shaken Jack Black, who plays Carl Denham. "Isn't that, like, verboten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Dear Diary: Action! | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

Coffee And Cigarettes? The title is a flat-out anachronism. As the sales curve at Starbucks proves, we still meet our pals for conversations in public caffeine dispensaries. But cigarettes are verboten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Caffeine and Nicotine | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...Schreiber and I never talked about the Harvard application. He knew that it was absolutely verboten...

Author: By May Habib, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former NCI Head Denies Charges | 11/13/2003 | See Source »

...have already tempered the blue law with some economic sense. Angry that New Hampshire quickly usurped the Sunday market for alcohol, Massachusetts enacted a law allowing the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages within 10 miles of the New Hampshire border. And as the law stands, while Sunday sales are verboten for most of the year, the Sundays between Thanksgiving and New Years are excluded from the rule. The logic is divine: Massachusetts and convenience store owners clearly stand to lose revenue because of an antiquated blue law, so they poke a few holes in it during high-flow times...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Bay(cardi) State | 10/10/2003 | See Source »

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