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...face and her body have been recognizable for years, and now her name is known to the kids who rush to get autographs and the distraught high school boys who write earnest letters ("You are by far the most beautiful looking and shaped woman ...") begging for an old sock, a hairbrush, a nude picture. Soon it will be known to the steady and the reasonable, the people who keep their credit cards paid up and have their children's teeth straightened...
...Frenchman's historical hedge against political uncertainty. Most popular were the one-kilo ingots (currently worth $5,738), which fit nicely under mattresses, and the small $62 Napoleon d'Or and minuscule $46 demi-Napoleon coins, which can be conveniently secreted-and transported -in the traditional sock. In the past month, bidding for gold has brought the price to a near record $188 per oz. on the Paris market...
Forwards: Paul Milone (Princeton), Jim Rice (Cornell), Peer Van Beek (Brown). Fired Sock (Columbia...
...backpacks of mules in the U.S. Southwest. "I'll have your guts for garters!" a military expression, can be found in Robert Greene's 16th century The Scottish History of James the Fourth, Act III, Scene 2: "I'll make garters of thy guts, thou villain." "Sock it to me," of disc jockey notoriety, can be found as far back as Mark Twain: "In chapter 33 of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, the Yankee, who is, naturally, the narrator, gets into a sociological argument with the smith and says...
...Lions are in first place for the first time since 1970, riding high on 3-1 and 4-2 wins over Harvard and Penn, respectively. Quick scoring forward Shahin Shayan and Fred Sock, along with playmaker Ed Triana and Olympic second team goalie John McElaney, lead the rejuvenated Columbia squad...