Word: mugging
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...centerpiece is a duel fought in slow motion by two women who are borne on the shoulders of several supporters and who flay each other outrageously, but at a subaqueous pace. When not engaged in combat, the dancers, some of them with rakish topknots and ) splendidly authentic wrestling gear, mug and glare with a fine appreciation of TV histrionics that never becomes simple mimicry. At a recent performance in Boston, the audience fairly broke up at the sheer bravura of it all. A lot of things contributed to the general satisfaction: shrewd staging, superb timing, movements that were sophisticated...
...Harvard mug banks with the inscription "Saving For A Harvard Degree" ($4.00) sold by The Harvard Shop...
...woman wearing a scarf over tightly rolled hair curlers, and toreador tights over troubled thighs, gave off a brassy laugh as she came across the nose art on a bomber called Whistler's Mother. It depicted a cigar-smoking tart with a mug of beer in one hand, a bomb in the other. "Now that takes me back," she said. "I used to know everything about these things, but that was three husbands ago. You couldn't ask me anything now." After the crowd had had a chance to inspect the craft up close, the show cranked...
Another constant star is mug and t-shirt sales, while other houses have turned dutch auctions into major money making sources. And Leverett had an unexpected money-making dance at the beginning of the year. Other houses make money from carnation sales on Valentine's Day. And Winthrop House has a unique source of revenue--roylaties of $2000 to $4000 a year on a directory of 'Throp alumni published by a private company...
However, managers of some sit-down restaurants, including Ruggles Pizza, Souper Salad, and the Mug'n'Muffin, said business was about average...