"She's the only one on the team with long socks, " her mom said.

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Why, at Camp Ivanhoe, where Scout Master Ward (Edward Norton), resplendent in shorts and long thick socks, oversees his charges.

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Police reports said she was found wearing a long nightgown, socks and a jacket.

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Like a superstitious baseball player who wears the same pair of socks on a long hitting streak, we tend to do the same things over and over in our businesses.

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The major miss for "In Creases" is the unbecoming costuming that Mr. Peck and Mark Happel devised for the men, making them look like hillbillies in long johns with lifeless black socks and slippers.

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This feature beat the socks off typing in long strings of arcane keyboard instructions.

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TOP-DRAWER BRITS have long had a penchant for standout socks, brandishing them as identifiers of social rank, sporting endeavors and private club membership.

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