Word: muggers
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...contention of Sterling Seagrave's compelling new book that the Soongs were, pre-eminently, a family in the Mario Puzo sense. Invoking the Borgias, the author portrays the clan as a gang of thieves most at home in the Wild East, a hugger-mugger underworld where dishes were routinely poisoned, enemies buried alive and coffins left on doorsteps. The Soong Dynasty is a guided (and sometimes misguided) tour through this blood-soaked landscape. En route, a rush of striking images flash past: the uprooted Charlie living off the kindness of Southern strangers and being fed, on antebellum verandas, heavy doses...
...birth to all nine of her children at home. She had no special diet; in fact she ate exactly what she wanted. She came to the U.S. from Italy at age 19. She never learned to drive, so she walked everywhere. When she was in her 90s, a young mugger tried to grab her purse. She whacked him on the head with it and spewed a few choice words at him. The woman I have most admired in the world is of course my mother! Toni Mitchell La Mesa, California, U.S. Your article gave some tips on ways to live...
...gave birth to all nine of her children at home. She had no special diet; in fact, she ate exactly what she wanted. She came to the U.S. from Italy at age 19. She never learned to drive, so she walked everywhere. When she was in her 90s, a mugger tried to grab her purse. She whacked him on the head with it and spewed a few choice words at the young tough. She's the woman I've most admired in my life! TONI MITCHELL La Mesa, Calif...
...hard for anyone to make a “positive case against the reality that the world’s richest University can and must pay more than poverty wages to all its workers.” Except that this is basically the same rationale behind a mugger picking out the wealthiest-looking candidate on a street to rob, of course. Harvard University is not a charity, nor is it an arm of the federal government. It contracts with all of its employees to pay a certain wage. If the employee finds that wage unacceptable, he or she is free...
Brown eventually became one of the most decorated members in the history of the department. Women were attracted by the face, the Cagney voice and the "hero" who made the papers--including the time he chased down a mugger in Central Park during his workout. But he was restless. Brown, who never married, gave up drinking and late nights to read up on religion, get a black belt in karate, learn yoga. He volunteered as a self-defense teacher for the blind. The honors and citations didn't mean what they once did, as he watched mentors and proteges...