Word: mugging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Goldfarb is a slight, bearded man, often casually dressed in jeans and black Reeboks. Hardcovered philosophy books line the shelves of his large office, and a depiction of a cow amidst grass with the legend "Outstanding in the Field" adorns a mug sitting in the middle of his somewhat cluttered desk...
...disgusted by your decision to place the mug shot of the Black male next to the article discussing the increasing rate of matriculation of Black students to the Class of 1997 (May 12, 1993, p. 5). The positioning of these two articles implies an unwarranted correlation between the increase of minority students and crime on campus. This poor choice of layout reflects an insensitivity to the very students that we should be welcoming...
...cluttered quarters at the University of Arizona -- half lab, half toy- strewn nursery -- Alex, the voluble African gray parrot, is, as usual, commenting on all he sees. "Hot!" he warns in a sweet, childlike voice, as a visitor picks up a mug of tea. Alex spots a plateful of fruit and announces his choice: "Grape...
...attempt to teach seven-year-old Rio a language. Instead, he wanted to determine if the female sea lion could understand logical relationships between symbols presented on poster boards. For instance, by rewarding the sea lion selectively, trainers taught Rio that a symbol looking like a mug was equivalent to one that looked like a watch. Then she was taught that the watch symbol was equivalent to a third symbol that looked like a bomb. The question was whether she could make the jump to understanding that the mug was therefore equivalent to a bomb...
Demay says the traditional Roast also includes live music, a limbo contest and many a mug of Dunster Brau--the students' homemade beer...