Word: mopped
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Bolger’s mop of blond hair is never mussed, from his poses with an unshaven Al Gore ’69 to a Yankee-cap-clad Spike Lee. How he serendipitously managed to be having a good hair day every single time he snared a celebrity photo-op is inexplicable. But serendipity is nothing new for Bolger...
...During the Tora Bora battle in December 2001, the U.S. relied mainly on Afghan forces to mop up after the air bombardment. But the surrogate soldiers, due to bribery and tribal ties, let Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda fighters slip away. American commanders didn't want to make the same mistake again. So, at Adhi Ghar, U.S. troops crept up the mountain, blasting rocket-propelled grenades into caves in pursuit of 40 rebels thought to have survived the first attack. It is not known whether Rahim was among them. The mop-up lasted through the weekend, and even...
...wife's sister and her husband, the famed trial lawyer Richard Scruggs) in which the principal connections to the outside world were a single phone line and a small television on the back porch. Back in Washington, the White House realized Lott was not going to be able to mop up his mess. President Bush, flying to Philadelphia for a speech, was agitated as he discussed Lott's comments and was determined to speak out against them. "This is going to be painful," he told aides on Air Force One. "But we have to do it. It's like lancing...
Angelika Kirchschlager is not your usual opera star. An unruly mop of ringlets frames her impish features. Her soft voice breaks into a surprisingly boisterous laugh. She radiates an easy warmth, sports a leather jacket, chews gum and likes her cigarettes and wine - though they don't seem to cloud the celestial clarity of her voice. If Kirchschlager is the anti-diva, that makes her the perfect choice to star in Sophie's Choice, the new opera based on William Styron's best-selling 1979 novel. Because Sophie's Choice, which opened earlier this month at the Royal Opera House...
...You’d be surprised how ill-prepared young men are for military life. Common sense deserts them when you shave their hair off,” says Myat San with an amused grin, citing examples of recruits unsure of how to mop or sweep. He found one young man washing his rifle in the sink...