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...size-fits-all slab of scented cushion to fit the bottom of any shoe. No lefty scissors handy? Realize that these pads might flip and flap away with flip-flops? Coat the inside of your shoe with the Doctor's Shoe Shot deodorant powder ($6.99), featuring a Toilet-Duck-style neck and Zinoxol, "an advanced odor fighting ingredient." Or try the classic Original Foot Powder ($5.39), a hulking bottle that promises to neutralize foot odor if sprinkled over feet and between toes...

Author: By V.c. Hallett, | Title: Those Stinky, Nasty Feet | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...permanent menu, steamed mussels with peppercorns arrive tender and pink, nestled in a delicate white wine broth. Lamb carpaccio, an unlikely but delicious variation on the more traditional beef, is herb-scented, sliced meltingly thin and drizzled with a light and nutty olive oil. An entree special of duck breast stuffed with figs and walnuts and topped with a fruity wine-reduction sauce manages to successfully navigated the tightrope between savory and overwhelmingly rich. Sauteed spinach counteracts the succulent sweetness of the meat, and the slightly viscous sauce lends itself perfectly to the thick slices of flour-dusted farm bread...

Author: By Rebecca U. Weiner, | Title: TRATTORIA PULCINELLA | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...Much easier than I thought. I thought it would be really tough. Directing to me had always looked so hard, and I didn't really want to do it. It just seemed brutal. But as soon as I entered into the process, I felt like a duck in water; I just really enjoyed it. It was really disorienting at first. Auditioning actors freaked me out, I couldn't deal with it. They'd come in, and I felt so bad for them, because I'd been through it myself. So they'd come in, and I found myself apologizing...

Author: By Richard Ho, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Back to Woodstock | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...Instead, she put on a flannel nightgown, a red cape shawl, hiking boots, a black wig and a headband to make people believe she was a homeless woman. With an old shopping bag in tow, Hepps stationed herself among the bushes by the #66 bus stop. When the sitting duck turned to get on the bus, Hepps shot her in the back. One thing about Hepps, her kills never see her coming...

Author: By V. C. Hallett, | Title: Armed and Dangerous: Harvard's Deadliest Assassins | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

...days. Both poles have been reached, the Atlantic has been crossed and recrossed, and the eagle has landed. So why not do it in a balloon? Well, what can you say about a pastime whose first passengers were, in an experiment by the French Montgolfier brothers in 1783, a duck, a rooster and a sheep? No wonder Piccard has a complex. "The way the public sees it is this," he explained before lift-off. "If we don't leave, we are idiots. If we do leave but don't succeed in our mission, we are incompetent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Around the World in a Balloon in 20 Days | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

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