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Lookout By the Numbers 0.96 seconds Length of the scream 75 that doomed Howard Deanís presidential bid duringduring The Year 2004 Number of times Usher and Lil Jon say the word a rally in Iowa The fourth year of the new millennium, when this paper launched T Magazine, ‘‘yeah’’ in their #1 song of the same name was, at least to some, notable for other reasons. To wit: a tsunami devastated Southeast Asia. George W. Bush won a second term. Nipplegate rocked the Super Bowl. On university campuses, Von Dutch-capped coeds swooned over a stirring speech by a state senator from Illinois and a new website called the $750 vs. $2,548 Facebook. North Korea banned cellphones. People Googled Orlando Bloom. A lot. Monthly rent for Carrie Bradshaw’ss WestWest Britney and Paris dominated the tabloids. And a rapper named Kanye reminded Village apartment on ‘‘Sex and thee City’’City’’ us, like Steve Jobs before him, how much one can accomplish even after versus the going rate for a similarar apartment in 2004 dropping out of college. Now, as T celebrates its 10-year anniversary, a look back on what made the news ó and our pages ó in 2004. — JEFF OLOIZIA #1 WORD OF THE YEAR Massachusetts The first U.S. state to allow 1 same-sex marriage Number of photos users Blog could upload to According to Merriam-Webster Facebook when it Kate Winslet launched at Harvard 35,000 T’s First Cover Girl EstimatedEst number of people who signed up for TiVo after 230,000 People lost to the tsunami that JustinJustin Timberlake exposed Janet Welcome to Jackson’sJack breast during halftime hit 14 countries around the 2 of Super Bowl XXXVIII Number ofof New York’s Indian Ocean marriages for dining scene: Britney Spearsears Per Se (the first lasteded Masa 55 hours) Momofuku Noodle Bar The Spotted Pig Spice Market ‘‘I hear there’s rumors Freemans ‘‘You bet we might have.’’ Blue Hill at Stone Barns on the Internets Sen. John Kerry, asked if he would have Shake Shack that we’re going to gone to war against Saddam Hussein if he’d refused to disarm have a draft.’’ Pop-Up Shops:p PresidentPre George W. Bush, during the second presidential debate Comme des GarçonsGarçons Best-selling cars, opened its first ‘‘guerilla’’uerilla’’ store, O then and now* effectively ushusheringering in Things that Ford F-Series the era of flashh retail. didn’t exist: Chevrolet Silverado •Smartphones Toyota Camr y •Gmail RE MULLER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; •Ben Affleck, film director A. CLARY/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; C Y •Locavorism Future Cult ER •The countries of Serbia, Montenegro, Classics: Where were they then? Kosovo and South Sudan KANYE WEST’S ‘‘THE COLLEGE Tom Ford – Creative director of YSL and Gucci DROPOUT’’ •YouTube Kim Jong-un – Playing hooky† from Kim Il-sung Military Academy ‘‘THE NOTEBOOK’’ Drake – Acting on ‘‘Degrassi: The Next Generation’’ •The cloud ARCADE FIRE’S ‘‘FUNERAL’’ Lady Gaga – High school senior at Convent of the Sacred Heart •Honey Boo Boo Jack Dorsey – Licensed massage therapist ‘‘MEAN GIRLS’’ (sadly, ‘‘fetch’’ still hasn’t happened IMAGES; GERSHOFF/WIREIMAGE/GETTY GARY LIBRARY; POPPEL/YEARBOOK SETH IMAGES; AL-RUBAYE/AFP/GETTY AHMAD MAGAZINE; T OF COURTESY IMAGES; CLARY/AFP/GETTY A. TIMOTHY RIGHT: TOP FROM CLOCKWISE ED JONES/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; JEAN-PIERRE MULLER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; PETER MAUSS/ESTO; SPLASH NEWS/SPLASH NEWS/CORBIS; ALLSTAR PICTURE LIBRARY/ALAMY. OF *AS 8/31/14. †TO BE HOMESCHOOLED 10 years later) 78.