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...Crimson sailing team captured first place in competition with six other colleges for the "Hot Mug" at M.I.T. Friday afternoon. Meets planned for Saturday and Sunday were postponed indefinitely because of snow and strong winds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailing Team Wins In 'Hot Mug' Race | 3/29/1955 | See Source »

With the victory, the sailors keep the trophy which they have held ever since the "Hot Mug" meets began six years ago. The races are called "Hot Mug" because hot rum is served to the competitors to help them withstand the chilling weather common at this time of year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailing Team Wins In 'Hot Mug' Race | 3/29/1955 | See Source »

...first meet, at M.I.T., the Crimson will play host to six colleges of the Boston area in competition for the traditional "Hot Mug." The meet, which includes contestants from Radcliffe and Wellesley, will begin this afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailors to Open Season With Three Meets | 3/25/1955 | See Source »

Frankie was scheduled to make twelve appearances in Melbourne (pop. 1,522,-930) and 14 in Sydney (pop. 1,861,685). In Melbourne his arrival was front-page news, but he disappointed thousands of fans by ducking into a waiting car ("Let's see the mug," yelled the fans. "Is he too proud to show himself?"). He missed a big luncheon party and was the target of jeers and attempted violence by young toughs but he and his troupe sang for some 55,000 people in four days. "This is the greatest," he said in Sydney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: U.S. Stars Down Under | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

Gourmet. In West New York, N.J., Mrs. Helen Schroeder told a judge that when she asked her husband if he wanted bacon and eggs, he hurled a shaving mug at her, punched her in the eye, shouted: "My stomach isn't a garbage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 29, 1954 | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

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