Word: mayhemic
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...covered life in Guatemala during the worst years of military repression in the early 1980s. When men with automatic weapons stalk the streets, how do you keep the pinks and greens of Central America from trivializing the image? Meiselas and Simon do it by letting both elements -- beauty and mayhem -- make their simultaneous statements...
...Proctor Emeritus in the A-entry of Mower Hall (1975-1979) I salute the current residents for upholding so vigorously a distinguished tradition of mayhem, as reported in The Crimson of April 8. Let the word go forth that the torch has been passed to a new generation of maniacs and funseekers, charging into battle, water pistols poised, the Mower motto emblazoned on their hearts: "Holworthy Sucks." Christopher H. Foreman...
...work that probably shows off the troupe most gloriously is an exercise in mayhem called Championship Wrestling. Set to a Garfein collage of crowd noises, sportscaster commentaries and electronic insults, it pits men against men, women against women and each against the other. The centerpiece is a duel fought in slow motion by two women who are borne on the shoulders of several supporters and who flay each other outrageously, but at a subaqueous pace. When not engaged in combat, the dancers, some of them with rakish topknots and ) splendidly authentic wrestling gear, mug and glare with a fine appreciation...
...fruit juice. Local and federal authorities began trying to confirm the incidents to determine whether any pattern existed. But FDA officials suspected that if glass was indeed found in the Gerber containers, ) it was the result of jars that chipped during shipment rather than a rash of copycat mayhem...
...later and Harvard had just dispensed with Penn, 80-65. Usually after a victory, the team returns to its locker room to create utter mayhem, banging on lockers and letting out blood-curdling screams...