The year 2009 had been quite the year, the previous decade quite the decade. But now that we have crossed the doorway to 2010, here is a quick glance at what was lost and what was gained by the end of the first decade of the new millennium. Here are the winners and losers of 'The Noughties'.
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| Minimalism | Style Being Green Zero Excess | Fashion Being Mean Hero My Space Saving the planet | Warewolves Dr Phil Fat free Sarah Palin NASA | Vampires Jerry Springer Stomach stapling Pamela Anderson Ever after | Iran Dressed Swine Flu 30 Honey, honey Tiger Woods | Iraq Stressed Af-flu-ent 16 Sugar, sugar Life skills | Decency Curiosity Bloom Life before midnight Charity | David Letterman Schooling Gloom Life after midnight Empowering | Shrinks Brick for brick ORS Outsourcing | Gossip Backbiting NRO Commissioners | Flyovers Veils Recession Floods Nazims | Diversions Peels Jobs Drought Twenty20 | Third gender Inspired influencers Yoga Fat margins ODIs | Sexists Flogging Michael Jackson Thin lines | |||||||||||||||