Word: shoeing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sixpence in Her Shoe, McGinley...
...worried about his wife, who's expecting their third child, and bothered by his back, which was aching so badly that he wore a special orthopedic lift in one shoe (his right leg is 1 in. shorter than the left). Nicklaus, however, was the 4-1 betting favorite over the likes of four-time Champion Arnold Palmer (6-1) and South Africa's Gary Player (8-1), who had worked himself into a fine frenzy for the Masters by lifting weights, eating wheat germ, and boning up on Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking...
...Sixpence in Her Shoe, McGinley...
...automation and styling. Though Du Pont's new synthetic, Corfam, has conquered less than 1% of the market so far. 79 major shoemakers are using it and Du Pont is struggling to keep up with demand. The company predicts that out of a total of 650 million shoes sold this year, up to 7,000,000 will be made of Corfam, hopes that the synthetic will stimulate U.S. shoe sales much as nylon increased U.S. clothing sales...
...Pont cut some Corfam prices two weeks ago by 10% to 15%-or about 150 to 300 for each pair of shoes-and will cut further as production rises. Corfam shoes now sell for just about the same price as comparable leather shoes. Several of Du Pont's archcompetitors are trying to crack the Corfam formula. Secretly and intently Union Carbide, B.F. Goodrich, US Rubber and other companies are developing their own synthetics for the changing shoe industry...