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...which it was so impossible to believe that he had knowingly attired himself, that it seemed that it was only by a polite conspiracy among his observers that no-one drew his attention to it." At one of his nadirs, the boy searches for coins among the appalling muck of Thames- side sewers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Mask That Never Slips THE QUINCUNX by Charles Palliser | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

...like having another family member than a pet," she says. Indeed, the historic relationship of man and pig, dating back nearly 2 million years, is complex. Such phrases as pig out, pigheaded and hog fat suggest distaste for an ungainly critter that spends most of its time wallowing in muck. (Pigs have few sweat glands and need mud -- or preferably, clean water -- to protect themselves from heat stroke.) But China's Year of the Pig represents prosperity, and pigs have been linked with deities in many cultures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: This Little Piggy Ate Roast Beef | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Finally, crisis. The shower water could not break through The Mound, and the shower area began to flood. Our soap boxes and shampoo containers floated in the muck; taking a shower was like wading through the Nile...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: National Debt and Hair Loss | 12/7/1989 | See Source »

...last seen knee-deep in the muck at Prince Williams Sound, Alaska, checking out the damage from the Exxon Valdez oil spill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wading Through the Muck at Justice | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

...last seen knee-deep in the muck at Prince Williams Sound, Alaska, checking out the damage from the Exxon Valdez oil spill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wading Through the Muck at Justice | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

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