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...Ears. In New Mexico, when an airline hostess passed out chewing gum with the routine instruction "For the ears," a lady passenger later complained: "It worked all right, but couldn't you use something not so sticky...
...World War I." As if emboldened by this first faint criticism of De Gaulle at home, some of the U.S. press lashed out at the French provisional leader. Said the gum-chewing New York Daily News, which does not like foreigners anyhow: "Gen. de Gaulle should have been glad to come 200 miles on his knees...
...star player got a front tooth kicked out in the last quarter of a tight game. The nerve was exposed and quivering, but the player begged Alex to keep him in the game. Alex finally gave in, took a wad of chewing gum from his own mouth and plastered the jumping nerve. The player finished the game, with third-stringers furiously chewing gum on the sidelines, at Alex's order, to keep the star supplied with packing...
Heard Shellenberger, Yermak, Young, and Zaleznik spent their usual Saturday night a la Hotel Avery. What's this about the girl that smokes cigarettes and chews gum at the same time...
Boots and Massage. In contrast to U.S forces, the British have no trench-foot problem, even though they have been actually wading through Holland. Their stout workmen-type boots and gum boots have turned out to be drier than anything the U.S. has produced. But the most important factor is that British soldiers are required to keep their boots waxed, to massage their feet with oil and change frequently to dry socks...