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Bye Bye, Bush
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Reason #1. Because the Prez, um, could look different at times. And he could also be suitably enigmatically philosophic when the occasion so demanded. For example, as he said at Iowa Western Community College, Jan 21, 2000: "When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were," he said. "It was us vs. them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who they are, but we know they're there."
Also See: Misunderestimated
Him? Never.
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Other Photoessays
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A Very Hungry Tide
A pictorial account of what global warming is doing to the residents of the Sunderbans.
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Nature's Beauty, Man's Wrath
Debarshi Dasgupta visits Kandhamal and finds that the wounds from last year's riots are still fresh...
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Republic Day Parade
Mumbai 26/11, Noida encounter, extra tight security... but the 60th Republic Day celebrations were as colourful as ever, as the nation honoured its martyrs, saluted the brave and put up an impressive show of its military might and cultural diversity
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Friends, Lend Me a Year
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." You can say that about most years. But 2008? Thank God, it's over...
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Protests 2008
Everybody, it seemed, was entitled to his own, personalised, custom-made notion of victimhood
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Oh, Just Changed My Mind
No, it was not a case of the best lacking all conviction... Er, yes, no... but then, well, isn't consistency the virtue of an ass?
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Dubious Distinctions
Our yearly Roll of Dishonour. Please tell us the ones we missed -- make up your own awards and send in your nominations.
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Glitterati 2008
Flashbulbs held the indelible moments on screen and beyond
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Thank God It's Over
It was not just terror but also floods, farmer suicides, stampedes, communal clashes, riots, and many other horrific cases that hogged the headlines
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Moral Police 2008
The usual suspects were out there -- airing their "hurt sensibilities" with abuse and threats, court injunctions, chappals, black paint and fatwas, smashing down glass panes for TV cameras, burning down buses...
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