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...food pots for lunch. Zac and I had no pots, but Blacka and Paul shared their food with us. Four years of boarding school food had not prepared me for the tepid stew of rotten meat and boiled yams that emerged from the bucket. We were given a large mug of warm, brown water to share amongst the five of us. We passed the cup aroud, savouring each sip; the cell was stifling and hot, making the filthy water palatable. The meal over, Zac and I crawled to a corner, too exhausted and shocked to speak. I slept fitfully, trying...

Author: By Terry R. R. roopnaraine, | Title: Four Nights | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...Base near Miami. Now he was an accused felon and his hosts -- from the Justice Department this time -- took him to jail. After landing at 2:45 a.m., the deposed dictator was sped to a Miami federal courthouse. There he was posed in a T shirt for a humiliating mug shot, then stashed in a windowless basement cell. Panama's numero uno had become federal prisoner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noriega On Ice | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

...before it begins. In horrifying rants, he abuses his parents, his country and himself. This Ron is not a nice person or even, in his hippie garb, a nice-looking one. Moviegoers who expect to find the best of America in Cruise's face will instead discover a haunting mug shot of the nation's Viet Nam nightmare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...everyday quality of life in the Yard has a different feel to it, too. Computers and fax machines have woven themselves into the fabric of student life. The Mug 'n Muffin and other Harvard Square hangouts are gone, forced out by yuppification and high rents. The 18-year-old drinking age is a thing of the past; Harvard On-Line Information System (HOLLIS) and bar-coded books have come to the libraries. Student dining halls are equipped with microwave ovens...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Harvard in the Eighties ...350 and Counting | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

...Swiss time, he is plopped on a couch watching television in a room full of hockey players. He cannot find Alex Trebek's mug on the tube, but the faces around him are familiar. In for a visit are former teammates Andy Janfaza '88, Steve Armstrong '88 and Gerald Green...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Lugano's Newest American Import | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

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