Word: mugging
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...Falklanders are generous enough to offer the troops mutton broth, but are probably considerate enough not to offer them sheep's brains fritters, an island specialty and clearly an acquired taste. There was a widely distributed picture in Britain of Regimental Sergeant Major Laurie Ashbridge sipping from a mug of hot tea handed him by some smiling San Carlos women and children, shown leaning on a fence. When Ashbridge's wife Mandy saw the picture at her home in Tidworth, Hampshire, she remarked, "He never says no to a nice cuppa. "Tractors and Land Rovers have been offered...
...leads, Dionysus (Dede Schmeiner) and Nanthias (David de Berker) as the god and her servant, each display distinctive brands of comedy. Schmeiner makes her Dionysus an impish figure, a lusty Peter Pan, while her slave opts for a broader comic style, occasionally reminiscent of the Three Stooges. These two mug and grin at each other and, since the Fogg's courtyard leaves both stage and seating level, often draw the audience in on their jokes and jibes. At times their humor is more visual than verbal. Both exhibit the gestures of competent mines, and Mary Fedor's choreography proves their...
...proved entertaining for a half hour, and then we ran into the airport's only trouble spot-the gift shop. Liz, after convincing me not to buy my sister a pink straw cowboy hat, a silly-looking plastic sculpture of a cowboy, or a coffee mug with "Texas Longhorns" stamped on the side, hugged me good-bye and went off to her plane, not to be seen in Austin for days to come...
...That junk on television," Scott I fumed. "Sure, the good guys usually win. But that's not what grabs the audience. It's what the bad guys do. Kids learn how to mug the defenseless. How to use guns and knives. How to get high on alcohol and drugs. That's what they remember...
...know," the friendly but authoritative voice begins, "if there were a popularity contest for politicians, but it was based on accomplishment, not on personality or good looks, you know who would win that?" The familiar mug then appears on the screen. "It would be Gov. King...