Word: mugging
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...pity. Beyond the cyclamatic publicity and the pain of her private life, Andrews, 34, is one of the last of the great English music-hallmarks. She can sing effortlessly, make a mug or a moue with equal facility, throw away a line and reel it back in with the best-when she is given half a chance. Her latest, Darling Lili, is only a quarter of a chance...
...them. Not long ago, before getting down to work in a pigeon's apartment, she and he paused to watch West Germany's favorite TV show, Aktenzeichen: XY . . . Ungelost (Case: XY . . . Unsolved). Suddenly, to her horror, the program began to dramatize her own racket and displayed a mug shot of Hilde herself. She snapped off the set, but it was too late. Although her victim failed to recognize her, one of his neighbors did. The police were alerted, and she was immediately arrested...
Then Young, pewter mug in hand, proposed a toast to "a fine old building" and to the Mass Hall ghost, an omnipresent resident of the dorm. The ghost was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and since no one knows which side he was on. Mike Meddler '73, an Englishman, honored the ghost with a toast to "freedom" and Sam Burr '73, a Yankee, gave a toast to "independence...
...show and two gnarled heavyweight contenders who prance to the center of the ring, embrace, and writhe down to the canvas moaning passionately. And the cruise aboard the Magic Christian pleasure liner inexplicably disintegrates into a freak orgy that gives werewolves, midgets, body-cultists, and gorillas the opportunity to mug out a few giggles from the bored audience...
...gradually over the years, but the club-house still retains some of its old glamour. The rice pudding is excellent, and nothing can really match the clam chowder. A waiter in a white jacket with a towel over his arm shuffles over to your table, and from a shiny mug he pours the hot tangy broth into your bowl...