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...Elsewhere in the museum, I find white people taking a collective dump all over various other facets of Mashantucket Pequot culture. I hear a number of snide remarks and much repressed laughter during my tour through the museum. While I might ordinarily find such behavior highly reprehensible, here nothing manages to rouse my ire. This is because, in some very important ways, the Mashantucket Pequot's claim of a distinct cultural identity seems somewhat tenuous. The Mashantucket Pequots lack a distinct native language. The representations of modern indigenous language and culture within the museum are largely facsimiles or bastardizations...

Author: By Robert J. Coolbrith, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Reservation for One: One man, one hundred dollars and 15 hours at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

Teary-eyed apologists seem to have overlooked what, to dispassionate observers, is a glaring fact: The place is a dump. The floor is filthy, the tables rickety, the ceiling water-stained, and the wallpaper blackened with decades of dirt. The owners, as many have noted, are quite cheery, but even the most radiant smiles could not cut through the store's grime...

Author: By Hugh P. Liebert, | Title: Sic Transit Dunkin' Donuts | 2/23/2000 | See Source »

Annoyed that the owner of the clothes occupying said washer wasn't waiting diligently to switch his clothing to the dryers, you decide to pay him a favor and courteously dump his wet clothing on the nearest nominally clean surface, convincing yourself that the sticky goo is water, not congealed detergent. At long last you can start your laundry--the first of six loads--and the odyssey has begun. And for the next three hours, you trek back and forth switching each load...

Author: By Benjamin D. Grizzle, | Title: Editorial Notebook: The Saturday Morning Ordeal | 2/9/2000 | See Source »

Botterill had a good chance in the first minute, skating unguarded within two feet of the Terrier crease. Instead of lighting the lamp, the sophomore decided to dump it across to line-mate Angie Francisco, who batted at the puck but missed the shot...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Trounces Terriers | 2/9/2000 | See Source »

...SUCCESSOR: Wolfgang Schauble has admitted he took cash from arms dealer Schreiber. But the party is sticking by Schauble for now. One theory: it will wait till the scandal's end to dump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The Scandal | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

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