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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...whole process was such a sham, especially with the SCC leaking the link to their closest friends.” wrote John M. Mistovich ’09 in an e-mailed statement. “I’m glad they realized what happened Sunday night was wildly unfair and are redoing the process...

Author: By Margherita Pignatelli, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Red Sox Ticket Sale Goes Awry | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...once ruled the country; the word has become synonymous with any number of antigovernment forces.) Tribal elders say the fight in the Korengal is directed and funded by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a warlord who was once backed by the U.S. and has links to al-Qaeda. Nevertheless, says valley elder Sham Sher Khan, the way to counter the insurgency hasn't changed. He thinks reopening the timber trade would help. "The Taliban say they are fighting because there are Americans here and it's a jihad. But the fact is, they aren't fighting for religion. They are fighting for money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. in Afghanistan: The Longest War | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...SHAM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

...what the point of a vote was if we were not going to make a decision based on the results of that vote.” Another called the survey “deceptive and disappointing,” and accused HoCo of “holding a sham survey to try and get a mandate for a predecided course of action (holding the formal in Lev) and reneging when the results didn’t go as planned.” In response, HoCo issued an apology for the confusion of having two surveys and dispelled the notions...

Author: By Julia S Chen | Title: Bottom of the Formal Planning Barrel | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...Hills' Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag haven't done anything recently, but I'm pretty sure their relationship is a sham. For that, they shall be eaten by worms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Destroying the Internet | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

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