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...stranded with his wife (Miss Lollopalooza). Stranded with them are a small (but disciplined) 'group of intriguers, who boast some of the world's greatest faces. The stout Englishman, the spaghettilike Italian, the German exponent of German culture (Peter Lorre) and Mr. Bogart, with his own lovably singular mug, encompass the cinematic world of racketeers, spies, secret agents...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: Beat The Devil | 2/8/1961 | See Source »

Harvard and Yale men have a talent for burying the hatchet, beer mug, or whatever may be handy and enjoying the year's biggest night together...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foes Toast Old Rivalry Tonight | 11/19/1960 | See Source »

...bonce," meaning a chap who is handicapped by intelligence, good manners and a U-type accent. Boone, also facetiously known as "Gangster" or "Gangst," is fatally crippled by having a gentle nature. Like Gunga Din or Sir Philip Sidney, of whom Dinger has vaguely heard, Boone is a "real mug" with "no future." Yet for a while, Dinger and Boone are "chinas," or buddies.* They try to assert their individuality against the khaki mass, against superior officers who are "189% swine," and against the witless cruelty of a state that knows nothing but its own welfare. They form a club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Sink of Oujamaflick | 8/8/1960 | See Source »

Harrison picked up his '62 beer mug...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: Poetry and Experience | 11/10/1959 | See Source »

...first day of basic training. Immediate buddyhood is established among Sal Mineo, a jivey cat from Manhattan's Lower East Side; Barry Coe, an Ivy sort from Glen Cove, L.I.; and Gary Crosby, who is cast as a rich Oregon rancher's son but manages to mug, wheeze and groan like a Bing from another planet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 21, 1959 | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

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