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...between several Australian friends who missed out on the mustache's brief golden age in the '70s and '80s, when icons like Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck sported impressive growth above their upper lip. They laid some ground-rules - everyone started clean-shaven and had the entire month to grow the best mustache they could. They pledged to use the effort to raise funds for prostate cancer research...
...rules are largely unchanged from that first small competition. Participants ("Mo Bros", in the Movember lingo) organize as individuals or on teams to grow the best mustache they can during the month of November, raising money from sponsors. Movember has even invented a way for women to participate - "Mo Sistas" support the cause and raise money on their own, with some sporting a mustache necklace (which consists of small mustache emblems available in a variety of colors and styles). (See video of the battle of the beards...
...Perhaps only by finally ridding their mountains of the Taliban will those hearts and minds be won back. As the army slowly pushes deeper in the face of stiff resistance, there are signs of stronger resolve. But victory remains distant - and until then, the refugees' anger will only grow...
...where does FNL go from here? The show has an advantage in that it has always been about much more than high school. It's about life in a struggling town where the recession is biting hard, kids grow up early and people rely on faith and football to get by. Also, much more than most high school dramas, it's about the adults - in particular Taylor and his wife Tami (Connie Britton), Dillon's principal...
...according to the New York Times, allegedly been paid by the C.I.A. since 2001, to perform tasks including helping grow the Kandahar Strike Force, a U.S.-friendly paramilitary group striking at the Taliban around Kandahar...