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...varsity started off well, grabbing a two goal first period lead on tallies by Todd Goodwin and Chuck Edwards. Aiello made it 3 to 0 at 2:50 of the second before the B.L.C. put on a three goal spurt to knot the count, while blanking the varsity throughout the third period...
...Readers wishing to master the Windsor knot (see cut, left) can get diagrams from the Men's Tie Foundation, Inc., 180 Madison Avenue, New York City...
...your Feb. 11 account of the "Three Sharpies" who pilfered the apartment of Fashion Designer Mollie Parnis, you state that the young thieves "were ... of the variety who are called 'sharpies' and who wear peg-top pants, sharply pointed shoes, Windsor-knot ties . . ." Hmmm, guess you didn't take a close enough look at the Younger Generation you wrote about a while back, as, if you had, you would have observed that the Windsor knot is very popular among the 18-to-28 age group...
...writer, a conservative 27-year-old chemist, first accepted it upon returning to college from the Army in 1946. The Windsor knot is really a boon to the well-dressed gentleman, as once tied it will not shift its position, and thus retains its neat appearance...
...case. Within 48 hours he proudly called newsmen, produced most of the loot, and the robbers, who turned out to be anything but professional. They were unemployed hoodlums, of the variety who are called "sharpies" and who wear a uniform-peg-top pants, sharply pointed shoes, Windsor-knot ties, tight blue topcoats. The ringleader was Joseph ("The Blimp") Paladino, 24. His accomplices: Joseph ("Jo-Jo") Guidice, 20, and Carmine ("Zoc") Zoccolillo, 21, also known as "Toothy" because he likes to wiggle his pivoted front teeth. The plan was to rob the apartment on the first visit, but Guidice was scared...