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Word: rosenweig (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Beatles became heroes to a nation of screaming little girls--little girls who pledged their hearts, proffered their bodies, and fainted in droves. "God, when you're 12, there's nothing else," remembers Melinda Rosenweig. "They were the first cute guys I was aware of--it was sort of an introduction to sex. They were cute men in suits, and they didn't look like your father." At hundreds of airports police erected barricades to protect the idols from those throbbing hearts; the Beatles staged daring escapes from their hotel rooms in refrigerated meat wagons. "I was in shock...

Author: By Michiko Kakutani, | Title: Nostalgia for the Pepsi Generation | 8/13/1974 | See Source »

Phyllis Silverberg and Melinda Rosenweig have come from New York. Phyllis, a plump, round-faced girl, has seen "Hard Days Night" 15 times. She owns a plate that George ate from at New York's Idlewild Hotel and an inch of Paul's bathtowel. "It was everything--you ate, drank, and slept Beatles. We used to have fights over whom to like better. I liked Paul--I thought he was the most wonderful person in the world. He was soooooo cute." Phyllis shows off her ring. It has a blinking face of Paul that says, "I'm Paul." "I really...

Author: By Michiko Kakutani, | Title: Nostalgia for the Pepsi Generation | 8/13/1974 | See Source »

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