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...river here in Lauderdale. Now, however, the dry Chamber is talking with the wet Chamber over yonder about a merger. The view behind this turn seems to be that while the American economy may be on the mend, it will not be a fast mend, like darning a sock, and, rather than wait, well, liquor is quicker. - By Gregory Jaynes

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Alabama: Voting Dry and Practicing Wet | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

Nothing, however, will rival the day that Ball opened a package addressed to Harvard and found only black rosary beads and a sweat sock "When I first got this. I wasn't sure whether there was something had inside like poison. You never know what's in the letters," he says...

Author: By John D. Solomon, | Title: 'The Adjudicator of the World' | 2/9/1983 | See Source »

...small pot held over the boiling water, melt 2/3 of the can of sweetened condensed milk, the peanut butter chips, and two tablespoons of butter, stirring constantly. If the handle of the pot gets too hot, use something thick like a tube sock to cover the handle and absorb heat. Which the mixture is thoroughly mixed, remove like heat and stir in the peanuts...

Author: By Dora Y. Mao, | Title: Recipes for a Dorm Room | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...begins, inspired. "God's not into guilt. Bad vibes! He knows where you're coming from. God says, 'Guilt, that's a bummer.,' The Lord can be pretty far out about these things, you know." He goes into a wild fugue of nostalgia: "Sock it to me! Outasight! Right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: If Slang Is Not a Sin | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

...early summer they had quizzed some 200 people. Then, finally, a break: a handwriting expert matched the printing in the book's message to that of one of the suspects. The police subpoenaed a sock belonging to the suspect and let a trained German shepherd sniff it; the dog was then set loose in a room containing the remains of the real bomb and four replicas. The animal headed straight for the genuine one, and the sock owner's scent. Last week, 91 days after Mother's Day, police arrested their suspect outside his Brooklyn apartment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: A Case of Mommie Dearest? | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

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