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...verb "to mugg" apparently stems from the dank soil of 19th Century prisons, where "mugger" was synonymous with footpad-"one of the wretched horde who haunt the street at midnight to rob drunken men." Its meaning, as given by the American Thesaurus of Slang: robbery with violence. In New York City muggers usually attack from behind if possible, throwing one arm around the victim's neck, while the assistant muggers frisk the victim...
WASHINGTON--Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard today demanded an immediate about-face from Farm Bloc opponents of his $100,000,000 incentive payment plan, warning that failure to act before spring planting time will rob the nation of vital war crops...
This Hurts Me ... In Chicago, for the third time the same robber tried to hold up Storekeeper Theodore Sher, who shot him dead, explained defensively: "I just couldn't stand it to have that man rob me again...
Marna Angell's, "Agenda for Victory" falls far below the publication's usual calibre. She assumes that repeal of the poll tax will "assure" more progressive Congressmen from the South, and that labor-management committees will endure unchallenged after the war. Similar unsupported statements scattered through her essay rob it of any real value...
...other side of the bill, Rob Cummings and Diana Barrymore spend an amusing hour chasing each other around. The possibilities of what can happen to a 21 year old girl disguised as 13 are boundless, and most of them appear in "Between Us Girls" either in fact or implication...