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...tender with her in her early childhood, bestowing "loud moist kisses" and calling her "little sparrow." But as she reached adolescence, he became incensed by her independent spirit. He berated her for the "insolence" on her face. He made a scene when he found her wearing a tight sweater. He hated the sight of her in short skirts and made her wear hers much longer than other schoolgirls did. When he learned that she had a lover, he slapped her twice across the face...
...first hockey sweater that Benning wore wasn't Harvard's crimson and white, it was the green and gold of the Notre Dame...
...takes tea with earls as easily as he takes the lead down the stretch. When he doffs his racing silks, he often dons a fine tweed jacket (courtesy of his Savile Row tailor) or a cashmere sweater and, yes, an ascot on occasion. If he is not on the track, he might be found on a golf course or perhaps riding to hounds with the local gentry. His manners are impeccable, complemented by a bearing that is slightly distant. His accent is what practiced observers of the Anglo-American scene have always called, with a touch of condescension, mid-Atlantic...
...Rather appeared particularly off balance. A few years ago, he donned a sweater to fight a cold and the garment became something of a trademark. On Tuesday night, the sweater was back, and so too, it seemed, was Rather's cold. Was he fighting a cold or fatigue--and if so, was he using speed to do the trick? No, most probably not, but that at least would explain his ballpark behavior. "Ronald Reagan is like the Babe Ruth of politics," Rather said, leaning forward intently. "The old democratic coalition is going"--right arm waves frantically to the side--"going...
...guaranteed or your money back." Sears will take almost anything back, for almost any reason. In a company with so many products, some defective ones naturally slip through, no matter how stiff the controls. Sears has won a reputation for taking back goods without an argument. "I bought a sweater at May's, had it wrapped at Bullett's, got my change at Mandon's, left by way of Desmond's, and when I found it didn't fit, the only place I could return it was Sears, Roebuck," quipped Radio Host Phil Baker...