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Under the Instep, No Count. Frequently, Fabian made flimsy clues pay big detection dividends. He once flushed a bogus count bent on marrying a U.S. heiress by noting that his shoes had not been polished under the instep, as they would have been had the "count" stayed in swank hotels. Another time Fabian solved a jewel-shop robbery largely because it had been observed that the thief wore a tropical suit and, as he left the scene, cursed a bystander in Arabic. After ferreting out further details from jewel fences, Fabian nabbed a discharged member of the Palestine police force...
...Taunton, a visiting chevalier of the Cercle Gastronomique de Belgique went home to Belgium and talked his fellow epicures into awarding the English hotel its Grand Prix for the year. He was eloquent in praise of the roast duckling, the apple tart, the port-touched Stilton. Castle Chef Charles Instep accepted the prize (a silver cup, 18 inches high) for himself and England with becoming modesty. "We can't always please 100% of our customers," he said. "I just try to please...
...From Insteps to Step-Ins. Witty talk and romantic flirtations were supposed to be Bar Harbor's specialties. Nowadays, old-fashioned flirting is extinct, and the colony's Alice Van Rensselaer thinks she knows why: "The granddaughter of the girl who wouldn't show her instep now shows her step-ins." And so it goes. Palm Beach, Saratoga, the Berkshires. the Virginia springs-they aren't what they used to be, chants Author Amory...
...outlook for tonight is not so bright. Crimson defenseman Bill Bliss received a deep skate cut on the instep of his foot yesterday in practice, and is in Stillman Infirmary. George Chase will dress in his place. On the other hand, B.U. will get back the services of its firststring defense, Joe Czarnota and Joe Folino, both of whom have been out of action for the last four Terrior games. Czarnota, who pulled a ligament against Brown, is one of the best defensemen in the East...
...Potenza is a sunbaked community in southern Italy on a hilltop overlooking the Basento valley near the instep of the Italian boot. During the war, the U.S. Army had a rest center there for its troops. Today few foreigners enter this desolate, impoverished region whose capital is Potenza...