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...almost Dickensian; prisoners came to life all around, clamouring at the bars, thrusting out their 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...

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

...hadn't seen Chris for months. He's twenty-seven or so, a professional cook, with broad shoulders, a mustache, and a good eye for pool. Every Christmas for the last few years, we meet and play at Rotten Rodney's on Lake Street in Madison, Wisconsin. This year my father joined us and we played cutthroat for a couple hours. My dad went to Harvard, before becoming dean of a string of law schools, Chris paid his own way through school, after doing time on the oil rigs in Montana, and I'm a smart-ass undergraduate...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: PHOENIX | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...famous talents under the same roof manage the egos, the stresses? She replies with a laugh, "A lot of our sentences begin, 'I completely understand that you, too, are having a rotten time, but . . . ' We read each ; other's things. We talk about them." A London critic comments that "living with Pinter has been a terrific influence for the better on her writing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LADY ANTONIA FRASER: Not Quite Your Usual Historian | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

...whole episode had a rotten ending for Roy and Sneddon. However, the good news for Harvard is that the two standouts will both be around for the Dec. 22-23 games against powerhouse Minnesota. The last time the duo was in Minnesota, they just happened to snag all-tournament honors...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Canadians Ignore Sneddon and Roy | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Something is rotten in the Undergraduate Council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Council Caved In | 11/30/1989 | See Source »

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