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...getting attention. The all-purpose leather pocketbook is being made in a variety of shapes and sizes, a boon to the little girl who looks as if she's carrying her laundry when she sports an Amazon-sized satchel bag. The favorite all-purpose gloves are still string-knit, with the British product out in front...
Byrnes is quick to point out the importance of the PBH worker. "Without them, it would be virtually impossible to operate. Two Harvard students specialize in sports, two in arts and crafts, and a fifth works on special skills. Each of these boys has a tightly-knit group that has come to depend...
Sociologists say people who live in a close-knit group develop habits and mannerisms a bit strange to the rest of the world. A good example is the unique vocabulary of a Colgate man. So that you may be able to converse intelligently at parties after the game, there follows a short glossary of Colgatisms, with corresponding English definitions: You're out of it You are a social dud You've had it You're drunk You've gotton the green banana Your data called up and broke the data Three-dollar bills People who are "out of it" Sack...
...therefore expensive. Last week the Federal Trade Commission told why, for years, they have been costing far more than they should. Each year, doctors and hospitals buy about $100 million worth of such equipment, and 90% of the business has been cornered by firms in two cozy, closely knit groups: the American Surgical Trade Association and the Manufacturers Surgical Trade Association...
...tough, he was in great pain from a broken arm when he walked into the red brick hospital building in suburban Neuilly. The doctor saw that it was not a fresh break, asked why he had not come in sooner. "Oh," said the Texan, "I figured it would knit by itself and wasn't important enough to bother the hospital about...