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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...baby pictures goodbye ? and Lear typically made it for them. Posing as a New York Times reporter, he got Danny Thomas' phone number from an agent. He called Thomas and offered him a piece of material for a benefit engagement that night at Ciro's in Hollywood. "How long wilt asked Thomas. "How long do you need?" replied Lear. "Seven minutes." Simmons and Lear wrote and delivered a routine in two hours, and Thomas liked it enough to use it. In the audience was David Susskind, then a New York agent, who was so impressed that he signed Lear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Team Behind Archie Bunker & Co. | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...Different types of mental activity produce distinct signals in the brain, and the computer can discern, in a crude way, what's going on inside your head. To make the spoon bend, you have to relax. When the computer detects signals from a calm brain, the spoon begins to wilt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brain Power | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

Flower arranging requires expert precision and creativity. Unlike an artists’ traditional tools of paint or marble, flowers can wilt, pale, droop and behave in other unmannerly ways. Yet this ephemeral nature of the flowers is what brings the works to life. “Art in Bloom” juxtaposes timeless canvases and temporary blossoms, and offers viewers the opportunity to see older works in a new light...

Author: By Maria-helene V. Wagenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: April Showers Bring MFA Flowers | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

...words of Wilt Chamberlain, nobody roots for Goliath...

Author: By Elijah M. Alper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Whoopty-Duke: Partial Refs Taint Glorious Run | 4/3/2001 | See Source »

...Crimson refused to wilt though under the pressure and exploded for several dangerous offensive rushes downfield...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Falls Short Against No. 10 UConn, 2-1 | 9/21/2000 | See Source »

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