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...Duluth." Reagan was "soft but firm," said Democrat Wendell Ford of Kentucky, and exuded such sincerity that "I'd hate to play poker against him." Washington Republican Slade Gorton recalled that when Reagan called to offer condolences on the death of his mother, "I kept expecting the other shoe to drop, and the conversation to turn to AWACS. But it never did. The President spent the whole 20 minutes talking about mothers...
...market for all kinds of sport shoes alone has reached $1 billion, although perhaps a third of those are worn for fashion rather than fitness, in itself a commentary on contemporary values. While a fraction of these expenditures is not fitness related, Americans also spent $5 billion on health foods and vitamins; roughly $50 million for diet and exercise books; $1 billion on cosmetic surgery; another $6 billion for diet drinks and $240 million for barbells and aerobic dance programs. Health clubs and corporate fitness centers add another $5 billion, sporting togs and gear $8 billion, gadgetry-from water filters...
...elaborate excuses for not paying the firm. One South Carolina boy wrote to the company: "Sorry I cannot send you your money. Our house was broken into and a lot was taken. All my money and seeds was taken. I would like to have the 'Fireball' shoe skates. Please send them. I will pay." But unfortunately for the company, most tykes simply took the money...
...still sparing no detail, he gives his own story the Bishop treatment. "I reached into my sagging trouser pockets and pulled out a kitchen match," he writes of his first encounter, at age 14, with an unclad female in a dark room. "I struck it on my shoe and, when the flame flared, I held it high up between Tessie's thighs to ascertain the what and the where. For no reason whatever, the girl popped straight up in the air screaming." He barely graduated from the eighth grade and was fired from every job his father...
...customer in a Chicago shoe boutique wanted something to set off a new dress that would also go with the rest of her wardrobe. The salesclerk asked hopefully: "Have you thought of pewter?" The customer looked blank for a moment, then replied: "Not since I last bought beer mugs...