Word: meow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stubborn girl," Mary notes. "It was hard to sway her." The best example was her courtship. Every week of their adolescence, the younger Weaver girls went to the Ambassador Bowling Alley, which was managed by a good-natured, black-haired man named Les Williams. "Les was the cat's meow," says Mary. "He was super." He was a year older than their father. Sue never bowled, but she would sit for hours eating French fries and chatting with her girlfriends. It was several years before her sisters discovered that Sue, 18, was dating Les, 48. "When our mother found...
...immortality. Thanks to a runaway merchandising blitz of Socks memorabilia, the white-footed feline's likeness is now found on books, stuffed animals, buttons, earrings, T shirts and note cards in stores and trade shows around the U.S. In Portland, Oregon, Pam Gibson of the Cat's Meow store, left, calls Socksmania "a phenomenon." % The hottest items, she says, are pictures of Socks at the White House and MOVE OVER MILLIE T shirts. Bloomingdale's, the upscale New York City department store, is selling a gold-tone-and-enamel Socks pin for $45. And that, kitties, isn't just catnip...