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...outrageously colored, model. What really bothered me was that someone had jolted me out of my comfortable world with what can only be described as an act of patent, petty meanness. I sure hope that there were bona fide economic motives behind the theft (and I really hope the bandit is using the cash from my bike to pay his landlord, not his dealer). But from my point of view, it felt like a bully had just pushed me into the dirt, stamped on my favorite sweater and taken my fruit rollup...

Author: By Christopher W. Snyder, WRIT SMALL | Title: The Bicycle Thief | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

...strategy,” Grant said. “I tend to take out the race a little slower and come back strong, but the coaches and I decided that I should take the race out strong. [In the 200] I went out smooth and came home like a bandit. It was the fastest time I’ve ever had at a dual meet when I was unshaved and unrested...

Author: By Jon Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tar Heels Buried in Grant's Tomb | 1/14/2004 | See Source »

When G Unit’s not living up to their urban bandit persona, they’re patting themselves on the back with shoutouts that become sickeningly congratulatory. Yes, the crew does get a little stale after a while, though Tony Yayo, who is currently incarcerated, provides the latest viciously clever installment in the 50 Cent-vs.-Ja Rule rivalry with the last track, which is a direct insult to the other rapper...

Author: By Crimson Staff, | Title: New Music | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

...frequently dozes off into meditative states, becomes increasingly obsessed with the inevitability of death and the cruel arbitrariness of the caste system. An older Tatta, the mischievous pariah, reappears and takes the prince away from his palace of luxury to experience the real world. There he meets Migaila, a bandit that he falls in love with. Returning home, though, Siddhartha is compelled to marry a princess and struggles with the calling to become king of a defenseless country or a monk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learn from the Master | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

...setting of the show is the Kukdong apparel factory in Puebla, Mexico. The man in purple is King Kong, representing the evil factory owner, and the bandit is one of the “charros,” the leaders of the “gangster union.” The caricatures represent the attack on employees who went on strike at Kukdong in December 2000 to establish the first ever workers’ union in a Mexican maquiladoro, or sweatshop...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mexican Workers Stage Complaints | 8/1/2003 | See Source »

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