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...beginning. Basically, these people and their video cameras would demand to see a politician in order to have a face-to-face dialogue. If the politician refuses, the group gets a nice video, a la "Roger and Me," that it can distribute to television stations. It is "Mau-mauing the Spin Doctors" and it turns the weapon of the political hack--the negative sound bite--against those who refuse to meet and talk to their constituents. It is punishment for the wicked...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Mau-Mauing the Spin Doctors | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

...Decades are artificial measures, but that's what we use, and you have a flair for defining them. You called the '60s "the whole crazed, obscene, & uproarious, Mammon-faced, drug-soaked, Mau Mau, lust-oozing '60s." The '70s were "the Me decade," "the sexed-up, doped-up, hedonistic heaven of the boom boom '70s." As we close out the '80s, how do you define the decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: Master Of His Universe: TOM WOLFE | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

Wolfe, author of such bestsellers as "The Right Stuff" and "Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers," is considered by many to have created a new style of American journalism that challenges the concept of objectivity in reporting...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Tom Wolfe to Give Class Day Speech | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

Interceptions Player G No Yds Lg TD Frank Caprio 9 4 42 36 0 James Smith 8 3 26 26 0 Kris Thabit 9 1 16 16 0 Richard Mau 9 1 12 12 0 Don Heberle 9 1 0 0 0 Team Statistic Harvard Opp. Points 229 153 First Downs 180 130 Yards Rushing 1224 798 Yards Passing 2050 1837 Total Offense 3274 2635 Return Yardage 208 211 Cpl/Att/Int 151/308/12 125/278/10 Punts/Ave. 66/32.7 65/32.6 Fumbles/Lost 16/5 27/11 Penalties/Yards 77/610 57/469...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Football Statistics | 11/20/1987 | See Source »

Linebackers: The senior duo of Richard Mau (52 tackles) and Kris Thabit (49) continues to lead the Crimson in tackling. Considered a problem spot in the beginning of the season, this tandem has become a strong part of Harvard's stingy defensive attack...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The Scouting Report | 11/20/1987 | See Source »

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