Word: heeling
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...practicality stops at about 4 1/2 in. Other things come under aesthetics: I'm not particularly fond of a high wedge. But I think a high heel is one of the prettiest things imaginable. As a short person--I'm 5 ft. 4 in.--I count on a nice high heel...
...depends on the environment and the circumstances. Manolo makes the perfect heel. There's something about what his heel does for the slightly forward pitch of a woman's body that is really superior. He just makes you look sexier. Podiatrists all over America will say I'm encouraging foot problems, but it's still a free country...
...lots and lots of glorious shoes. The details in a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes can vary greatly: the elegant ones - plenty of satin stilettos for brides-to-be; the funky ones - his take on the Timberland boot, the Tims (picture a suede work boot with a four-inch heel; now picture it on Jennifer Lopez); and the subversive ones - his personal favorite is a shoe of steel, aluminum and titanium that never made it to production because the razor-sharp heel could pierce someone's hand. Creations like these make women fanatically loyal to Blahnik. Which is ironic, because...
...TIME.com: So is reentry the Achilles heel of the shuttle program...
...Achilles heel has always been liftoff, and the dangers posed by massive fuel load involved. Reentry has, of course, always been a difficult part of the space program. But this is, in fact, our first fatal accident on reentry. Apollo 13 is remembered as our most difficult ever reentry, but the ship and crew survived. The Soviets lost a crew on reentry in 1970 after an oxygen leak that caused the cosmonauts to suffocate on the way down. Reentry is a very difficult process, but the Russians mastered it in 1961 and we did the same a few years later...