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...hard to get an accurate measure of public opinion by talking to a few random strangers. But there ways to get more scientific samplings. Meet Steve, a public opinion expert and barber at the Custom Barber Shop on Brattle Street...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Election Hits Home | 8/14/1992 | See Source »

...part of my culture and custom. You focus on the wrong thing. It is the violence that is wrong. You can kill people with a woman's shoe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buthelezi: I Have Never Orchestrated Violence | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

...suddenly stands. "You have enough, I'm sure." As is her custom, she leaves without saying goodbye...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Katharine Hepburn: A Bad Case of HEPBURN | 6/29/1992 | See Source »

...Aaron if that solar system was saving the owners money or not. He said, "Well, the economics are tough. You have to really want to go solar. If all the parts were mass-produced it would be a lot cheaper, but Jim has to make all of that equipment custom...

Author: By William H. Bachman, | Title: Sun Worshippers | 5/13/1992 | See Source »

...shrine to Ferragamo's shoes, with dramatic spotlights illuminating the glass cases containing his handiwork. The 199 shoes in those cases were chosen from among 10,000 in storage at Ferragamo headquarters in Florence. The Los Angeles setting is appropriate: Ferragamo got his start as a custom shoemaker while living in California between 1914 and 1927. It was Hollywood that first encouraged him to create shoes that were extravagant and unique; and it was Hollywood that encouraged women around the world to wear them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shoes of the Master | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

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