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Walk in a Crocodile

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Did you ever walk in a crocodile? In Britain, a crocodile can be “a group of children walking two by two in a long file.” The phrase came up in an interview with the stylist Vidal Sassoon, who, as a child in London walked in a crocodile to school with other Jewish students being heckled by Nazi sympathizers. (Here is an interesting interview with him on Fresh Air.) This is part of a complete episode.

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