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...have any obligations at the top of the mountain? We wanted a good photograph of our [Marie Curie cancer charity] flag. But it was a right mess-up. We were getting colder and colder and thinking it'd be safer to leave, but we had to talk into a camera and take a picture of the flag. We were meant to take pictures of seven sponsored items, including the satellite phone, but nobody had enough feeling to do any of that. (Watch TIME's video "Trekking Lebanon's Mountain Trail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sir Ranulph Fiennes | 5/28/2009 | See Source »

...become shorthand for 1950s naiveté. But as you can see over 39 episodes (TV seasons, like airline legroom, were more generous then), its picture of child-hood could be tart as well as sweet. When Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is worried that his teacher will hit him over a minor mess-up, Wally (Tony Dow) corrects him: "Only the coach can hit you." Beaver was never edgy, but it packed its own good-natured punch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: 7 Blasts From TV's Past | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

...mess-up races against Yale where we were winning 90 percent of the time and lost right before the finish line,†Johnson said...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Earns Top Ranking | 4/5/2005 | See Source »

...China day. "Coming on the heels of the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, continuing allegations of Chinese nuclear spying and the recent failure of trade talks with China," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan, "Chung?s appearance conjured up yet again an image of complete mess-up by this administration on questions pertaining to China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another China Problem: He-e-re's Johnny Chung! | 5/11/1999 | See Source »

Beys conceded, however, that "there might besome accounting mess-up here."CrimsonHaibin JiuRANDALLA. FINE...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Grant Money Debated | 9/23/1993 | See Source »

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