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...neither of these unfortunate calamities were, properly speaking, Davis’ doing. As much as Dartboard would delight in bashing the helmet-haired weasel, Dartboard has to conclude that there is precious little a governor can do about inter-state price manipulation by large energy firms, let alone about a nation-wide economic slump, which has cut into state revenues across the country. (And no, Mr. President, this does not let you off the hook for your genuine economic mismanagement. The federal government is in a much better position to stimulate the economy, and Dartboard does not look kindly...

Author: By The Editors, | Title: Dartboard | 9/26/2003 | See Source »

...civet cat, a nocturnal mammal similar to the weasel, is served in southern China in a variety of ways: roasted whole, braised in brown sauce or standing in for tiger flesh in the classic Dragon, Tiger and Phoenix Soup. (The dragon is snake meat, the phoenix ordinary chicken.) Some diners believe cooked civet has medicinal properties, such as a warming effect during the winter months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scouring the Market for SARS | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

...truth.) The real question is whether the role of the press in war extends to maintaining morale--and to what extent "maintaining morale" is a synonym for "not ticking off the viewers." Arnett's crime was that he "created a perception" of bias, to use the standard weasel words. Worse, he created a perception of the opposite bias from that which, as is clear to anyone with sight, MSNBC wants to convey. The network flies a flag in its lower left-hand corner and uses the military's name for the war, Operation Iraqi Freedom, to brand its coverage. Those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whose Flag Is Bigger? | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

...film has lots of terrific turns to support its leading ladies: from Richard Gere, as the sexy weasel lawyer; from Queen Latifah, exuding the wry sizzle of a star who doesn't mind that Hollywood has yet to figure out how to use her; and, we almost forgot, from John C. Reilly--another in his sad gallery of losers not even daring to hope for sympathy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: If You Want It, Flaunt It | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...newspapers in 65 countries. Ten million copies of Dilbert books have been sold. Adams, 45, is doing well enough to have forsaken the office world himself, working entirely out of a studio in his home in Danville, Calif., east of San Francisco. He's not making "weasel CEO money," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weasels at Work | 11/4/2002 | See Source »

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