Word: mug
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...This lush corner of Yunnan province in China's south is home to one of the world's hottest teas. Puer tea may not look like much - it is typically sold in heaps resembling cow patties - but one mug of these aged leaves can fetch up to $1,000. The drink is touted for its health benefits and is loved for its light, earthy taste. It is already a hit in Hong Kong, where rare teas are a status symbol among the city's élite, and it is generating hype outside China, too. Three high-profile Silicon Valley techies...
...Tupperware, mug, and bowl: A mug for perpetual cups of coffee in the ‘Berg, Tupperware for Annen-burgling, and a bowl for lifting the goodies at expanded brain breaks...
...Protection against the elements: Boston. Weather. Sucks. You need scarves, gloves, hats, and boots to enjoy snowball fights in the Yard. On many days, the wind rasps and howls, stopping you in your tracks on your way to a mug of hot chocolate in Annenberg. After the storm, Mass. Ave. becomes a moat of slush, the likes of which can only ever be seen on the ancient, misshapen streets of Cambridge. As the weather warms, the entire Yard sinks into a giant puddle of mud. Girls—unless you want to destroy every pair of shoes you own, bring...
...faced fierce pushback from the department's top brass for your reporting. Officers have been warned to stay away from you, and your picture was even posted at police headquarters. Why do people risk so much to continue talking to you? They had my mug shot up at the security desk as a terrorism threat. It's kind of amusing, but at the same time kind of chilling. People talk because the department is so closed, and the mainstream media is so cowed that information they want public is not getting out. When people in the police department talk...
...point where they weren't really thinking about what their day-to-day activities meant. They design to price: they set the price first and then do what they need to do to keep the price where it is. So whether it's a 50-cent coffee mug or a $100 table, they do what they need to do to keep the price at that point. So if that means buying wood from eastern Russia, with its questionable timbering practices, hauling it over the border to China, with its questionable labor practices, to produce furniture for American consumer, that...