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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...plot begins aboard a rather spacious submarine, where a uniquely unprofessional crew works to complete a secret assignment at the behest of an anonymous but wealthy client. The crew soon focuses its wandering attention on the new “mop boy” who has mysteriously materialized on board the vessel. After a brief but intense interrogation, the true identity of the inept janitor is revealed: he’s Darryl Loomis, spelling prodigy and teenage stowaway...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Can You Spell Me, Darryl Loomis | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

SEIU emblems—flags, posters, banners and t-shirts in the union colors of purple and yellow—dominated the rally, but PSLM pageantry was also in evidence, in the form of a ten foot-long mop and two gigantic puppets that towered over the crowd...

Author: By Ross A. Macdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Protest Attracts Hundreds | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...characters in the book. We see no trace of Snape’s sincere hatred of the boy in the film. As played by Alan Rickman, Snape occasionally sneers at the boy or proffers a strange warning, but whenever he follows his cautions with a toss of his mop-like hair, he looks more humorous than frightening. Looking like a blond version of Eddie Munster, Malfoy is not nearly as insidious either. Most centrally, the computer generated Voldemort fails to inspire the sheer terror that he invokes in the entire wizarding world, where he is called only...

Author: By Michelle Kung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Do You Believe in Magic? | 11/16/2001 | See Source »

...much-lauded local funk band Chucklehead and Rype, spins an endearing story of heartbreak, the messy road to recovery and the possibility of new love—Pardon My Mess closes with “Find Our Feet,” a cheery upbeat number with echoes of mop-haired Beatles in its trumpet-lead optimism. Mess as a whole is often as polite and nearly as self-effacing as its title: It is sometimes a little hard to imagine the earnest, woeful voice that sings, “If I ever look up to find you on my doorstep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Albums | 10/19/2001 | See Source »

MONICA: They’re gonna need some help cleaning up. (Grabs a mop) Who’s with...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Irony Survives, Survey Says | 10/18/2001 | See Source »

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