Word: shoeing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...country test of synthetic "Tribuna" tires (made of butadiene derived from waste sulfite liquor from the Tribune's paper mills). Driven by a Tribune reporter, the tires survived go-mile-an-hour driving in 150-degree heat in California's Death Valley, finally blew out the first shoe after 7,800 miles when the car hit a ditch across a mountain road...
Winner Take Nothing. In Cleveland, Frank Lutinacci, running from three robbers, outran them but ran right out of his right shoe, which contained...
Start now to get your feet ready for the day when you come out of a landing boat looking for something to shoot. Get rid of athlete's foot now. . . . Whenever possible (in combat) remove your shoe pacs and massage your feet. This should be done every twelve hours. . . . Spare socks are your most valuable piece of extra clothing. Change to dry socks whenever possible, and if they are not available wring out your wet socks before putting them back...
...stone's throw from the bandbox grandstand, fires burned and horses were shod in emergency blacksmith shops (it takes from two to three hours to shoe a harness horse: each shoe is put on at a different angle). Harness makers, like ambulant country storekeepers, set up business outside their trailers. Bearded drivers displaced Empire's familiar, flashy midget jockeys in white duck...
...then we're out of that too. So today we have scoured the Farmers Market in search of something that nobody could ever have any use for ... and B-ruther-r-r we have found it. Eureka! . . . down at Manny Vezie's Gallery of Shoe Reconstruction, we have a contraption priced at $7.50 that cannot be worth a shiny steel penny. It is useless, badly designed, overpriced . . . what it is supposed to be is a shoe shining set. . . . It's a silly gadget. We promise you you don't want...