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Married. Laurence Harvey, 40, the movies' handsome heel (Room at the Top, Darling); and Joan Cohn, 54, widow of Cinemogul Harry Cohn, ex-wife of Shoe Manufacturer Harry Karl, and Laurence's constant companion for the past eight years; he for the second time (he was divorced by British Actress Margaret Leighton in 1961), she for the third; in Nassau...
Dennis McLain, who carried the Tigers to their first pennant in 23 years, is a shoe-in for MVP in the American League. The brash 24-year-old right hander won 31 games this season, the highest total any major league pitcher has posted since Lefty Grove won 31 for the old Philadelphia Athletics in 1931. McLain, equally renowned for his musical virtuosity and his big mouth, has never played in a world series...
...World War II, Italy's shoemakers were a down-at-the-heels lot, and Fiamma Ferragamo was a bright-eyed bambina in Florence. Having grown up together, both the Italian shoe industry and Fiamma are now well accustomed to each other. The world's largest exporter of leather foot wear, Italy sold $315 million worth of shoes abroad last year, is running 25% ahead of that pace in 1968. And as part owner and chief designer for one of the best known of her country's 8,000 shoe manufacturers, raven-haired Fiamma, now 27, reigns...
...listed in the book. Alternating between soft sell and hard, occasionally combining both, his exhortatory prose provides an intriguing contrast with today's merchandising methods. S. J. Perelman, in his introductory essay, even professes to see a touch of malevolence in Sears' flat statement: "Our boot and shoe department is admirable. If we can't suit you in quality and price, there is no use in looking further...
...civil engineer himself, he bristles with impatience at imperfection, especially in his own performance. To keep his 6-ft., 182-lb. frame in shape, Evans, 42, began jogging a few years ago, long before it became the thing to do. Last year friends gave him the "Tired Tennis Shoe Award"?a scruffy old sneaker which he proudly displays in a glass case in his office. Essentially he is a loner, and his favorite sports are those that pit a single man against nature, or against the limits of his own endurance?hiking, mountain climbing, skiing, sailing...