All this talk about the book business - potential growth and infrastructure flaws - had turned texts into a commodity, no different from cars or socks.

Sock puppets can be made from socks or stockings of any color.

The dolls, made from socks, are created by the donors.

This can help to prevent rubbing and any blisters that may arise from poor fitting socks.

Through the years it turned out a long list of products from socks to bouillon cubes and, most recently, paint brushes.

They plucked shoes from shoe trees and socks from hose vines.

Undoubtedly some loathsome native concoction made from rotted fruit or old socks.

It is loaded with everything from extra socks to survival gear to ready-to-eat meals.

By passing around everything from socks to sports equipment, children save their parents the cost of duplicating a great many of life's necessities.

Not all sock monkey dolls are created from red-heel socks.