2000s

Romney Says He Will "Restore" America... But, to What?

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.12.2012

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Mitt Romney, whose business experience enabled him to be 47th in the nation with respect to job growth when he was a one-term governor of Massachusetts, has told us that he is going to "restore" America.

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2001-2011: The Decade of Great Change & Tragedy

Scott Stenholm | Posted 02.05.2012

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We are at a crossroads. We can be the vapid, self-consumed generation with our tweets and posts about nothing but our own microcosms or we can take advantage of this time and learn from the precedent set by the "greatest generation."

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Top 10 TV Themes Of The 2000s

AOL Music Blog | Posted by Anne T Donahue | Posted 02.01.2012

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It seems like just yesterday we were wringing our hands over Y2K, emo haircuts and the rise of MP3s, and already we're wallowing in '90s nostalgia. ...

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While U.S.-Based Corporations Went On Hiring Spree Abroad, They Cut Jobs At Home

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.22.2011

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In the last decade, U.S.-based multinational companies have been on a hiring spree, adding over 2 million new jobs. They're just not adding them in th...

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A Turning of the Seasons: The King Is Dead by The Decemberists

Rob Kirkpatrick | Posted 05.25.2011

I'm not sure if this is The Decemberists' best album. But there's not a bad song in the bunch here, and it's clear The King Is Dead captures this Aughties folk-rock band hitting a groove.

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10 for 10: Ten Top Musical Acts to Emerge in the Past Decade

Jeff Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

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Who are the 10 most significant artists to emerge in the last 10 years? Here's my list: Arcade Fire: The excellent indie rock band from Montreal that...

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A Colorado Decade In Retrospect: The Biggest Stories And Trends Of The 00's

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011

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So much of America's best and worst happen here in the Centennial State.

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Play nice with the 2000s

Jamil Zaki | Posted 11.17.2011

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A friend of mine often argues that pop music has reached its lowest point in history, and that current billboard charts can't hope to compare to those...

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Cultural Transformation: '00s Clock In Big Changes For Chicago

chicagotribune.com | Mark Caro | Posted 05.25.2011

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You would have needed a powerful crystal ball if you were standing at the corner of Monroe Street and Columbus Drive on Jan. 1, 2000, trying to glimps...

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'Decade From Hell': Time Mag Trashes The '00s

Posted 05.25.2011

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As the first decade of the 21st Century draws to a close, Time has taken a look back and concluded that it is the "worst decade ever": Bookended by 9...

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The End Of A Decade: We Are All Harry Whittington

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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A few weeks ago, Newsweek produced a video, which condensed the major news events of the past decade into one seven-minute mashup video. At the time, I thought: "Oh, this will be fun." It was not fun. Not at all.

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9-Year-Olds Remember The 2000s (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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They can't recognize the sound of dial-up, they hear "Baby One More Time" and say "It's the song from 'Robots'," but they know about climate change an...

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80's, 90's, Then The Whatchamacallit Decade

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Sheidlower, editor at large of the Oxford English Dictionary, cannot escape the question: What should we call this decade? We have the '80s, the...

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Financial Times: 50 Faces That Shaped The Decade

Financial Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a decade that opened with the devastating events of September 11 and had survived the prospect of a global economic collapse as it closed, the FT's...

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Decades Are Only "From Hell" If We Make Them

Will Bunch | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the 2010s, I don't think we can afford to sit around watching CNBC and waiting for the Decade Gods to automatically turn everything green as some sort of karmic balance for the awfulness of the 2000s.

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Best Performing Stocks Of The Decade (RANKINGS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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During the last ten years, which have been variously referred to both as "the big zero" and as a "lost decade," there were still a few winners. If you...

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A Decade Of Economic Whiplash Finally Ends

AP | Adam Geller | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — It began as an age of economic wonders. A time when a dot-com startup that never came close to a profit spent millions to make a sin...

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