Word: rackingly
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Walking over to the square printing screens that are stored on a rack on wheels, Cavalli chooses one that depicts a zebra stripe and, with the help of an employee, places the screen over a table that is stretched tightly with plain white silk. Cavalli checks that the screen is clicked in place on both sides of the table, pours out a thick glob of black paint, grabs a wooden bar and smears the paint to the other side with it. Afterward, he lifts up the screen to show the design. Ten minutes go by, and the process begins again...
...Ripani, who presides over more than 20 million sq. ft. of hides?calfskin, anaconda, gazelle, ostrich, crocodile?in a giant storeroom alongside the factory. After the patterns are cut by hand with an X-Acto knife, the shoes will be stitched and molded and blown dry on a special rack...
...exhibitionism is gaining even more traction with websites for sneaker aficionados like hypebeast.com and kix-files.com and magazines like Sole Collector. Designers like Stella McCartney and Gwen Stefani are stepping in with styles created especially for women, and a slew of customizers is establishing a following by transforming off-the-rack sneakers into one-of-a-kind works of art. There's even an online petition at operationmcfly.blogspot.com for a public release of the moon-boot-style Nikes Michael J. Fox wore in Back to the Future...
...officer sparred with a 43-year-old at Au Bon Pain who refused to leave the restaurant last Saturday. John Igo, 43, of Cambridge first swung at the officer, then pushed him over a bike rack. Igo was slapped with charges of assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and falsifying his information to officers following the arrest. Igo originally lied to police about his name, address, date of birth and social security number...
...area. Jan. 2: 7:26 p.m.—Officers helped Boston Police Department manage a group of individuals throwing snowballs near Vanderbilt Hall. Jan. 3: 5:35 p.m.—An officer was dispatched in response to a report of an individual yelling and kicking the bike rack of the Malkin Athletic Center. The officer arrived and reported that there was no such individual in the area and that all was in order. Jan. 6: 8:23 p.m.—An officer detected a strong odor from a Class D substance coming from a room...