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...Wright. "At one rally for elderly people, we expected 200, but 800 showed up and waited for an hour and a quarter to hear him." Adds California Congressman Tony Coelho, Democratic congressional campaign committee chairman: "No single person had more of an impact on the 1982 elections. His mug was all over this country-on posters, on banners, on TV and billboards. He was a symbol to the elderly and the helpless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Champion of The Elderly | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

...Neill referred to the unscheduled stop Reagan made at a Dorchester pub. where he half-finished a complimentary mug of draught beer...

Author: By John D. Solomon, | Title: Reagan in High Tech Hub Sees Electronic Future | 1/28/1983 | See Source »

...cups dining hall milk (use a mug to approximate...

Author: By Dora Y. Mao, | Title: Recipes for a Dorm Room | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...departs in a rage. In swift succession, he is conned and savagely beaten up in a game of three-card monte, and thrown out of a fleabag hotel by a seedy clerk. He pawns his gold ring and buys a "survival knife." When a black pimp tries to mug him, Edmond rewards his assailant with a series of brutal kicks. After bedding a waitress pickup, he sinks the knife into her and kills her in a transfer of fury. Jailed, he is forced to perform fellatio by his black cellmate. Implausibly, the two become lovers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: I Hate New York | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

...sensitivity rises triumphant. Says Ponyboy: "What kind of a world is it where all I have to be proud of is a reputation for being a hood, and greasy hair? I don't want to be a hood, but even if I don't steal things and mug people and get boozed up, I'm marked lousy. Why should I be proud of it? Why should I even pretend to be proud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Packaging the Facts of Life | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

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