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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Senate Republicans did the right thing for the wrong reasons on Friday, blocking a popular but execrable $286 billion farm bill over an esoteric procedural dispute. In doing so, they gave up the opportunity to shower more money on farm country in a calculated partisan effort to embarrass the Democratic majority. Now both parties will spend the next few months - and maybe the entire next year - blaming one another for delaying legislation that deserves to be destroyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Farm Bill Stalls — for Now | 11/17/2007 | See Source »

...phenomenon. In the years before the Internet, a few might have chuckled as they watched the TV, some may even have shown their friends a clip on a recorded VHS, but her mistake would undoubtedly be soon buried under the weight of real news. Not so today, when the embarrassing video is only a click away on YouTube. Eventually, Miss Teen South Carolina appeared on a talk show to apologize for her flub and answer the question in a reasonable manner. Unfortunately, the large percentage of those mocked on the Internet do not have the high profile that allows them...

Author: By Bram A. Strochlic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: From Facebook to YouTube, Our ‘Reputation’ at Stake | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...ranks of countries that recognize the genocide of 1915, why at this moment? We should have passed this resolution decades ago, so why not wait a while longer to avoid compromising our soldiers in the field? Or is the timing of this resolution just another ploy to further embarrass our President? Randall Schwalbe, Hawthorne, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...ranks of countries that recognize the genocide of 1915, why at this moment? We should have passed this resolution decades ago, so why not wait a while longer to avoid compromising our soldiers in the field? Or is the timing of this resolution just another ploy to further embarrass our President? Randall Schwalbe, HAWTHORNE, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Green Crusaders | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

...Miller's Crossing is in that category. I don't want to embarrass you, but that's just a very, very fine movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A conversation between author Cormac McCarthy and the Coen Brothers, about the new movie No Country for Old Men | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

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