Word: footwear
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...After the nurse came in and fixed me up, I made a joke that from now on I would always check the footwear of the nurses to make sure they were wearing sneakers. I wouldn't want them to slip and fall on the way to the rescue. But the first time... trying to point with my head where the pop-off was...the feeling of helplessness. I've never been helpless...
...season of heavy sweaters, bulky jackets and clumsy footwear is long over and we now find ourselves in tank tops, bathing suits, and of course the indispensable Birkenstocks or Tevas, depending on your affiliation of choice. While the change of climate is met with relief and enthusiasm following the infamous snow storms of this year's winter, we nevertheless mourn the passing of the winter solace. Stripped of our countless layers, the perfect concealer, the nobody-can-see-through-this-baby garb, we are forced to face our exposure and realize that the months of scrutinizing our physical appearance...
...that amount seems like little more than slavery, it's roughly twice the country's minimum wage--if the factory owner abides by the rules. Nike, like most of the big American firms, does not own any factories in Indonesia; it hires Korean and Taiwanese-owned factories to supply footwear made to Nike specifications. The company has some 800 staff members in Asia whose responsibility includes factory inspection. Yet, says an industry source, "shoe factories are huge. There are 3,000 workers in there. Our inspectors try to manage, but it's a big beast." Overall, the lot of Indonesian...
...footwear industry has almost been wiped out in the past decade; imports now account for about 90% of shoes sold here. But John Stollenwerk, owner of Allen-Edmonds, one of the few American shoe manufacturers left, says protectionism would not have saved others. Says he: "This isn't a shoemaking country. It's a high-tech one. There aren't a lot of Americans interested in sewing shoes together." Stollenwerk has survived by paying his 450 employees in Port Washington, Wisconsin, high wages of $12 to $15 an hour and turning out premium-quality shoes...
...KEDS When was the last time salesmanship seemed touching? Aimed at young women, this TV ad tastefully evokes a nostalgia for girlhood while successfully repositioning Keds as acceptable grownup footwear. As women of all ages frolic in slow motion, a narrator asks, "What size Keds were you wearing when they stopped delivering milk? When your mother was the prettiest woman on earth? ... What size Keds will you be wearing when a woman walks on Mars...