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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...hard to tell where Tina Fey ends and Sarah Palin begins. Even before Fey lampooned Palin on Saturday Night Live--the updo, the wink, the syntax--people noted the resemblance. And for a politician new to the national stage, being likened to the intelligent, witty, popular Fey was not exactly a bad thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palin vs. "Palin": When SNL Parody Becomes Campaign Reality | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...gentle and tender in the cleavage exposed by the low neckline of her dress. It was as if a surplus of something so overflowed her bodice that it expressed itself beyond her will.An Italian costumed as a station master was looking in the same direction as Filippo. With a wink, he gestured at Felicity’s ample figure. “I’d like to stick my fork in that plate of gnocchi,” the Italian said.“Gnocchi? Ehh...absolutamente!” Ollie said, impressed at the station master?...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy: Chapter 8 | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...precious thing. You don't want it in the hands of someone who a) doesn't appreciate it or b) might seek to undermine it. Star Trek is a beloved story and is being treated as such. It's being done very seriously. There's no attempt to wink at the camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Simon Pegg | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...Inside My Head Forever" - got the kind of presale treatment that Boeing and Airbus give the rollout of a new jetliner. In August a selection of the material was shipped for viewing to the Hamptons, the weekend retreat for New York millionaires. It also went to New Delhi, to wink at India's increasingly powerful collectors. In June Hirst flew to Kiev to attend a Paul McCartney concert and a party hosted by Victor Pinchuk, a Ukrainian steel billionaire who owns seven Hirsts and a private art museum. A month later the artist gave a private tour of some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Damien Hirst: Bad Boy Makes Good | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...remarkably uninformative interview, TIME asked him about the abrupt shift in strategy. The candidate who used to spend hours kibitzing with reporters refused to acknowledge that anything has changed. "I don't know what you're talking about," McCain said, staring blankly at a press aide, without even a wink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding John McCain | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

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