Word: cobblers
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...poisoned a competing shop's broth, causing gastric distress for 57 diners. Other restaurateurs routinely pay off health inspectors to close down rivals. All this has left many Tangshan residents wary of dining out. "From now on, I think I'll stay home and eat," says He Liangjun, a cobbler who frequented the Heshengyuan eatery. Only problem is, neither he nor his wife know how to cook. Says He: "I guess we'll be eating a lot of instant noodles...
...fashion frontiers with accessories made from old military blankets. After discovering unused blankets stockpiled in the Alps, designer Walter Maurer decided the coarse wool was ideal for heavy-duty bags, rucksacks and key rings. Made in the tiny Swiss village of Törbel by Maurer and a local cobbler, the collection is sold to the "trendy, techno generation" in Europe and Japan, Maurer says. Chalk up another victory for the Swiss. - Helena Bachmann/Geneva SEEN ON THE CHARITY CIRCUIT Giorgio Armani, the Next Pierre Cardin? In becoming a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations last month, Giorgio Armani...
...falling under the influence of saintly wanderers known as Good Men who preach that the world was created by the devil and should be despised. The narrative, which is based on historical sources, unfolds from several points of view: those of an alcoholic widow, a lustful village priest, a cobbler struggling with his homosexuality, a conflicted Inquisitor. Craig has the gift of finding complexity in simple people, and she tells their stories in fluid, shapely prose that blends mysteries both religious and erotic with the scratchy, stinky realities of peasant life. She slips only rarely into the "But what troubles...
Sergio Rossi During fashion week, the Sergio Rossi showroom in Milan is heaving - packed with fashion editors cooing over stilettos, say, black with grommets or red with jewels. Few recognize the white-haired, 65-year-old man as their creator. The son of a cobbler, Rossi started the company some 40 years ago and sold it to Gucci in 1999. Tom Ford is designing new stores for the brand and has seen to its sexy ad campaign. At the Oscars, under Julia Roberts' vintage Valentino gown were a pair of Sergio Rossi shoes...
Clinton and close friend Harry Thomason finish off some apple cobbler and watch State and Main; Clinton keeps popping up to work on pardons...