We trade the fruits of our higher margin work for oil, televisions, socks, t-shirts and everything else not in our interest to produce.

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Authorities who went to Galfy's house on a welfare check after he failed to turn up at work found him Monday -- severely beaten, dressed only in socks and underwear.

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He suggests training on a slide board in socks sliding from side to side on the slick surface to work the thigh muscles.

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"You look at your pre-season work and your fitness, look at the the boys tonight, they ran their socks for the full game with extra-time and showed that they're fit, " he said.

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To put it plainly, the Chinese manufacture for us the shoes, t-shirts and socks that we could only manufacture stateside at a profit if Americans were willing to work for next to nothing.

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The center most urgently needs new socks and underwear, personal care items, camping gear, men's jeans, work boots and nonperishable food items.

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