Word: mugged
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...glasses and mugs instead of paper cups in all dining halls besides the Union Even in Adams and Quincy--which try hard to hide their reuseable cups--have mugs or glasses that you can use. Bring your own mug for take-out coffee--it's nicer than paper anyway. Save old handouts and notices and write your rough-drafts of papers, problem sets or letters on the back of them, instead if using fresh paper. Take lecture notes on both sides of each sheet of paper in notebooks or yellow pads. Use handkerchiefs instead of paper tissues--they are cheaper...
...eyes are a little less sore these days, now that the Globe has decided to can the computerized mug shots of its columnists. Is it me, or did Dan Shaughnessy look like he belonged in the Disney movie, Tron? And Mike Madden looked like Mike Dukakis' younger brother. That's scary...
...moment, the authorities are undaunted. At midweek Colombian television began running 30-second commercials featuring mug shots of Rodriguez Gacha and Medellin cartel leader Pablo Escobar Gaviria, and offering 100 million pesos -- about $250,000 -- for information leading to their arrest...
...couple of hours that night when they are in town for a meeting. When they called, I had nine short hours to undo the damage I had done. I was going to reserve the two days before they came home to clean up everything--the coffee mug-stained tabletop, the disordered CD collection, the dirty master bathroom (no other bathroom...
...sheer enormity of the untruth, however, that is so stunning. Certainly there is nothing subtle about the Chinese leadership's tactics. Tell the lie again and again. Broadcast mug shots of wanted "hooligans." Lionize citizens who cooperate by ratting on alleged culprits. Parade arrested students before cameras, their heads shaved and bowed, their wrists cuffed, signs detailing their crimes strapped around their necks. Hour after hour, run their "confessions" of wrongdoing on national television. Construct a new reality, one that checks democratic aspirations by preying on fear and paranoia. The result? "A week ago we were free to say anything...