Word: muggings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lost my senior major, a classmate of mine whom I've known for 25 years. I've also lost my assault platoon commander. We're just about to go in and get out the rest." Then the colonel had some cheese & crackers and a mug of tea, swung his carbine over his shoulder and marched off to join his riflemen. The counterattack came off successfully, and a few hours later, the British too started their pullback through Seoul and out across the Han to the south...
...American hospitality, concluded Oxonian Robinson, "I raise a foaming mug of pink ice-cream in ginger-beer (the national beverage) and pledge my sincere gratitude. But a Bronx cheer for the neons, the nylons, and the nut-melbas-each one of the Twenty-Eight Flavours-and Odo-ro-no, Times Square, the subways, the Empire State, drugstores, candy and campuses ... O Lord...
...Steuben (rhymes with "new Ben") Glass Inc. last week showed off its 16 new designs for the fall and winter trade. Recessed into the store's grey, black and white walls, or set out on square pedestals and tables, the glassware ranged from a chubby crystal mug ($8.50) to a graceful three-tiered waterless fountain...
What apparently prompted the remake was a close resemblance between the leading character-a bigshot gangster trying to behave like a gentleman-and the proven specialty of new Star Paul Douglas, who has clicked with audiences as a gruff, goldhearted mug. But this time Actor Douglas is forced to push his appeal close to the point of diminishing returns...
...people who go to doctors suffer primarily from emotional disorders, says Dr. Ebaugh. Often a doctor can find nothing organically wrong with the patient, but is afraid that another physician may. So he hedges his report to the patient, leaving him confused and worried. Dr. Ebaugh calls this the "mug-wumping technique of trying to be right in any event...