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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...questionable fit for an existing site, they'll start a new one. FAIL Blog, for instance, spawned There, I Fixed It, a catalog of such misguided repair jobs as an airplane apparently patched together with duct tape. They're always searching for new memes - jokes or fads that could slip into the virtual jet stream and spread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Media Empire Around I Can Has Cheezburger | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Visitors to the Basilica of the National Shrine in northeast Washington often do a double take when they see Newt Gingrich and his familiar shock of white hair slip into a pew for the noon Mass on Sundays. The former Speaker of the House is known for many things, but religious zeal is not one of them. In fact, the social conservatives who fueled his Republican revolution in 1994 often complained about Gingrich's lack of interest in issues like abortion or school prayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Newt Gingrich Converted to Catholicism | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...steaks every day") before he realized he was making energy transformation sound like a bummer - and abruptly changed the subject. "I don't want to deliver too many messages," Chu said, more to himself than to me. "I need to focus on 'Let's not let this incredible opportunity slip away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Steven Chu Win the Fight Over Global Warming? | 8/23/2009 | See Source »

...longer a school for Puritans. Let yourself have fun! When else in your life are you going to be surrounded by a pool of such well-rounded, eligible singles? You’re going to regret sitting on the sidelines, so strap on your sexiest knickerbockers or slip into your spiciest cardigan and roll with...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Guide to ‘Top-Down’ Dating | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...time our bus arrived at a gargantuan bronze statue of the Great Leader, where we were instructed to bow, I had already begun to slip dangerously out of character. I was shooting different angles, moving my lens like a pro. The minders and other delegation members said nothing. But I should have known that I was compromising my cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Journey to North Korea, Part I: Majesty and the Mustache | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

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