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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...gone "way up." Twenty-pound charges have been replaced by oil drums packed with hundreds of pounds of explosives, set off by trip wires and pressure plates, that are capable of reducing up-armored humvees to pieces. Under cover of darkness, IED teams burrow deep under the tarmac or wheelbarrow bombs into rain culverts, which number into the thousands in some provinces, spread out over hundreds of miles of road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roadside Bombs: An Iraqi Tactic on the Upsurge in Afghanistan | 6/9/2009 | See Source »

...teeth were buried in Monsieur Jacques’ neck. The artist made a small gurgling sound as bits of him disappeared down the leopard’s throat.“Good leopard,” said the Stable Boy, as he hoisted the money purse into a wheelbarrow. He exited the studio.***Outside: London, the greatest city in the world and undisputed center of all creation. Pushing the wheelbarrow before him, The Stable Boy set off through the bustling streets. He attracted little attention. Who would distinguish him from among the fishmongers, tinkers, tailors, beadles, gentlemen, and dogs? Quickly...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...that the quiet dean often ran along the sidelines swearing at the 14-year-old referees as his daughter played little-league soccer or that as a college student, threw firecrackers in the back of trucks with his friends, and once had to take a friend home in a wheelbarrow after a party he had hosted.She added that her father expected that the alcohol decision would not make him “Mr. Popular,” but was comfortable with it until he found out that she was receiving vitriolic e-mail criticizing the two of them.Colleagues also praised...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Portrait: David R. Pilbeam | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

That would describe C.F.A.O., which Puryear completed this year. It consists of an old wheelbarrow that carries a timber framework tower that's over 7 ft. (more than 2 m) tall. Embedded face-first in the nest of wood is a replica of the underside of an African tribal mask...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man of Mysteries | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...flattening salaries--which makes the real estate game more relevant than ever. (HGTV has practically become a financial channel, with shows like Designed to Sell, Buy Me and My House Is Worth What?) We've moved from a manufacturing to a service economy, and the white-collar icons--bye, wheelbarrow, hello, laptop--seem aimed at the buyer willing to shell out $29.99 ($10 or so more than the old edition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Culture Complex: Monopoly Is Us | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

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