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...wait to get into a rocker-barely, in fact, got out of the cradle before taking to a needle and thread. But not until her two sons went off to college in the 1940s could she find the time to do more than turn a collar or darn a sock...
Whether Mardam will actually collect his damage award, or Ben Bella the lost money, is doubtful. But the banker's release pleased the Swiss banking community. After all, if the impression got around that the legendary Swiss sock was developing holes, the new and old rich might be tempted to start taking their loot elsewhere...
Says Daugherty: "We've got an electric sock for Kenney when the weather gets cold. If he makes the field goal, he gets to put his foot back into the sock...
...they want it practically spoonfed to them. Some marlin will tail a bait for half an hour, only to decide that it isn't fishy enough; others give fishermen heart failure by enthusiastically grabbing the bait, then sourly spitting it out. But when the captain finally yells, "Sock him!", it's Katy bar the door. A few weeks ago at Pinas, an unprepared angler was yanked right over the stern of his boat, so hard that he broke both kneecaps...
Until recently, mindful of war and the threat of nationalization, Europe's middle classes have generally preferred to sock away their savings in banks, bonds and real estate. But Europe's continually rising economic prosperity -and its inflation-is changing long-held aversions to stock investments. Having already adopted supermarkets, trading stamps and cotton candy, Europeans are naturally turning to American stocks. Current favorites: IBM, General Motors...