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1. The Four Tops
   The Four Tops are the most stable, consistent, and dependable of the successful R&B/pop vocal acts to emerge from Motown Records in the 1960s. Unlike the Temptations, they have had no personnel changes; unlike the Supremes and the Miracles, their lead singer never felt the need to step out on his own. At the same time, the Four Tops personified the musical hybrid Motown sought -- they had the grittiness of gospel and R&B, but they were smooth enough to appeal to pop audiences. The group was formed in Detroit in 1953 by lead singer Levi Stubbs Jr., Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton, and Abdul "Duke" Fakir when they were still in high school. They recorded for several labels before signing to Motown in 1963. "Baby, I Need Your Loving" (July 1964), written and produced by the team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland, was their first substantial hit, setting the pattern for a series of songs showcasing Stubbs' emotive wail set against the Benson-Payton-Fakir harmony line.
2. Four Corners
   The Four Corners National Monument is the only place in the United States where you can in four different states at the same time. Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. The monument is located in the desert on the Navajo Indian Reservation. There is a small visitor center, some Navajo arts and craft booths, picnic tables and portable toilets. There is a small fee charged per vehicle. This monument is only about two hours from Mesa Verde National Park and provides some unique photo opportunities.
3. Fantastic Four
   The Fantastic Four comic was the first Marvel superhero comic, one of the key events that historians point to as marking the beginning of the Silver Age of Comics. From the first one hundred issues of this comic have come some of the most memorable characters and supporting cast, many of which have formed the foundation of the Marvel Comics mythology. Memorable and celebrated characters such as Doctor Doom, the Watcher, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, the Inhumans, the Skrulls, the Kree, the Black Panther, and Annihilus were all created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby as supporting characters or adversaries in the Fantastic Four. Stan Lee's characteristic over-the-top billing of the book as "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine" was, perhaps, a self-fulfilling prophecy. Whether or not the series was the best selling at the time, it certainly felt like the "greatest". In many ways, this book, along with The Amazing Spider-Man, set the tone for the enduring Marvel Universe.
4. The Four Seasons
   The Four Seasons is a privately-owned fully equipped, 3-storey luxury semi detached chalet that sleeps nine people and has magnificent views of the mountain. It is strategically located in an enchanting setting on the outskirts of the Mont Tremblant village, only a few minutes from both ski slopes and golf courses. Also within striking distance are restaurants and shops to serve your every requirement.
5. Nineteen Eighty-Four
   Nineteen Eighty-Four is a 1984 movie based on the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The film was previously adapted in 1954 and 1956. This adaptation is written and directed by Michael Radford and stars John Hurt as Winston Smith a man living and working at rewriting history in the totalitarian state of Oceania, of which London is its capital. Smith commits the crime of falling in love with Julia (Suzanna Hamilton). The two try to escape "Big Brother's" invasive surveillance.
6. Four Color Theorem
   The Four Color Theorem has opened the door to many coloring questions and answers. Mathematicians have proven that the maximum number of colors required for any map drawn on a torus is seven and a double torus is eight. Carsten Thomassen, a graph theorist at the Technical University of Denmark, has demonstrated that each type of surface, other than the plane, has a finite list of maps that require six colors.
7. Fantastic Four -- Stan Lee
   The release of The Fantastic Four #1 (November 1961) was an unexpected success. The title began to receive fan mail, and Lee started printing the letters in a letter column with issue three. Also with the third issue, Lee created the slogan "The Greatest Comics Magazine in the World!!" (soon changed to "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine", which was a fixture on the issue covers into the 1990s.[7]
8. Fantastic Four -- Human Torch
   Fantastic Four is nothing but a two hour set-up to get audiences introduced to the potential Fantastic franchise and the many movies down the road that the folks at 20th Century Fox and Marvel would like to foist on the public. It's not just the [expected] tag at the end that reveals that the bad guy isn't truly "finished," it's more that the film's story and characters don't have the emotional stamina to carry this film to an interesting finish. Although there is the welcome humanity and comedy present in most scenes from a talented and enthusiastic cast, the film is full of fits and starts in its attempts to get viewers to the closing credits.
9. Four Color Theorem -- Proofs
   A formal proof of the famous Four Color Theorem that has been fully checked by the Coq proof assistant. The vernacular and tactic scripts run on version v8.0 pl2+ of the Coq system, extended with the SSREFLECT tactic package from MSRC.
10. The Four Tops -- Motown Records
    The Four Tops' story is one of longevity and togetherness: these Motown legends teamed up in high school and spent over four decades without a single personnel change. In between, they became one of the top-tier acts on a label with no shortage of talent, ranking with the Temptations and the Supremes as Motown's most consistent hitmakers.

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