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...fans scream in the cold at New York City's Idlewild Airport at the arrival of their four idols, whom they hadn't even heard of three months earlier. The press asks the mop tops when they're going to get a haircut, and George gets a laugh when he replies, earnestly, "I had one yesterday." In a crowded elevator, Paul lightens the mood by announcing, "Ladies and gentlemen, on your right you'll see the Washington Memorial." Running down a hotel corridor, George mimics the mob outside--"Ban the bomb!"--and John ad-libs, "Ban the Pope." Trapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Beatles, Year One | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

...Raftery’s defining trait, a messy mop of vintage Pacific coast blond hair, makes him look more like a surfer dude than anything else...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hard-hitting Raftery Mixes Fierce Play With Surfer Dude Attitude | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

...Chris definitely has the SoCal surfer look happening right now,” says linebacker and Mather house blockmate Juano Queen, “but underneath that shaggy mop of his, there are some brains...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hard-hitting Raftery Mixes Fierce Play With Surfer Dude Attitude | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

Since his accomplishments, some people have been comparing Ganatra to Matt Damon’s character in Good Will Hunting. When asked if he ever finds himself mopping floors around Quincy, Ganatra wistfully responded, “I really should mop the floors in Quincy...

Author: By E.e. Greene, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Problem Child | 9/25/2003 | See Source »

...rather suddenly and for the first time in 35 years, U.S. military leaders are talking about increasing troop strength, not so much to fight wars as to do mop-up. To some politicians and commentators, the bombing of the lightly guarded U.N. headquarters in Baghdad last week was an argument for increasing not only the U.S. presence in Iraq but the overall size of the military too. Officially, the Pentagon insisted that neither was necessary. But the Bush Administration tacitly conceded that the U.S. needed help when, after the bombing, it renewed efforts to win support for a U.N. resolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is The Army Stretched Too Thin? | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

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