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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...religions need to be respected. By the way, he continued, the N.U. was founded by 6,000 wise Muslim clerics, and did the questioner want to criticize all 6,000 of them? The crowd dissolved into laughter; the questioner was speechless. This is the weapon of the famous Wahid wit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrat...or Boss? | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...really? Spy's rarefied, Manhattan-centric humor wouldn't be likely to find a mass audience online, but the cheap, egalitarian Web has long been a haven for wisenheimers: the cutting commentary of Suck www.suck.com) the deadpan fake-newspaper Onion www.theonion.com and the esoteric wit of McSweeney's www.mcsweeneys.net) More recently, old media have tried to get Blair Witch-y with sites like Time Warner's Entertaindom www.entertaindom.com) whose flashy but lame Hollywood spoofs prove the rule that online humor is funny in inverse proportion to its budget. And even in the Web's grownup days of corporate sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Irony Is Dead. Long Live Irony (On The Web) | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

George Bush the elder has a theory, to wit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Wishful Thinking From George Bush Sr.? | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

DIED. JUDD ROSE, 45, co-anchor for CNN NewsStand since 1998, known for his keen wit, lucid prose and sharp reporting; of a brain tumor; in New York City. He discussed living with cancer during one of the broadcasts that marked his 16-year career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jun. 26, 2000 | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...above nonsense aside, the betting here is that Miller will do all right. He's a serious fan, an Iron City native who probably knows more about the Steelers than Terry Bradshaw, and has the poise and wit to make predecessor Boomer Esiason seem like, well, Boomer Esiason. Plus, he's a natural for the prized college-male demo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monday Nights on ABC Are Now Miller Time | 6/23/2000 | See Source »

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