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Only fuddy-duddies still think of sneakers as inexpensive, all-purpose athletic shoes with heavy rubber soles. Today's models are an exacting mixture of fashion and technology, composed of such materials as synthetic leather and Hexalite, a cushiony substance used in Reebok's newest soles. Not just athletic shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foot's Paradise | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

On the cutting edge of shoe science, Nike and Reebok are engaged in a battle that is based on thin air. The Air Nike line of basketball shoes, which contain pockets of compressed gas in the soles to provide cushioning, became an instant hit two years ago when transparent plastic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foot's Paradise | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

Critics blast RICO for the seemingly catchall provisions of both its criminal and its civil arms. "It's legislation on the cheap," says Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz. "It's an attempt to use one statute to solve all the evils of society." Others say the law is a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Showdown At Gucci | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

Those are American autoworkers talking about building a car. You know, blue collars with tattoos on their forearms and nicknames like "Animal." They talk like that because they work for the Japanese, who now have more companies in America making cars than America does.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fremont, Calif. Hands Across The Workplace | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

It's possible to argue that New Orleans never completely accepted American middle-class values because it never had much of a middle class -- at least not until the expansion of the oil-company regional offices attracted hordes of white collars in the early '70s. It's possible to argue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans:The Town That Practices Parading | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

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