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Word: mailbags (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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From The Crimson mailbag: Looking for a caterer for an office party? Try the Harvard Dining Services Catering Department. A glossy fold-out flyer advertising the service says it can provide "all occasion cakes," "hors d'oeuvres--hot and cold," "cocktail set ups," and "party platters--sweet and savory." No mention of venerable vegetables...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 4/22/1989 | See Source »

Instead he becomes involved, in the manner of horsemeat becoming involved with lions, with a jumbo showgirl named Mardell and with the volcanic Maerose. "It was like being locked in a mailbag with eleven boa constrictors . . . His head came to a point where it suddenly melted and flopped all over his shoulders and out all over the bed. His toes fell off." This is sex with Maerose -- all very well, except that she is the granddaughter of Don Corrado Prizzi, a Mafia eminence not to be messed with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mafioso Prizzi's Family | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

Instead, the angry mailman returned the next morning with a vengeance. At about 7 a.m. he strode into the post office in his blue uniform, toting three pistols and ammunition in a mailbag slung over his shoulder. Without a word, he gunned down Richard Esser, one of the supervisors who had criticized him, and fellow Postman Mike Rockne, grandson of the famous Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crazy Pat's Revenge | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

Well, folks, it's been a while since we cleared out the old mailbag, but with readers back in town and asking thought-provoking questions, it seemed like the right time of year for a little...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: From the Mailbag | 9/19/1984 | See Source »

Well, we haven't dipped into the old mailbag for a long time now. Let's take a look at some of the more interesting items flooding into 14 Plympton...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: From the Mailbag | 9/30/1981 | See Source »

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