Word: shoeing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...four Guardsmen invaded the factory last week, their drab fatigues covered by yellow plastic suits, gloves and shoe covers. Under the direction of officials from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy and the state's own atomic energy commission, the Guardsmen sealed some $500,000 worth of tritium into 55-gal. drums. To the infiltrators the plant appeared "sloppier and worse than anticipated," Babbitt said. Company officials retorted that the hubbub was "like a Nazi camp in there." They called Babbitt's action "absolutely crazy" and accused him of having chosen "to throw...
...Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes, was along last week to look into partnership possibilities to produce shirts and suits for the Egyptian market. Once these projects are under way, Strauss plans to go after larger investments: up to $100 million in such areas as plate glass, soft drink and shoe factories, auto parts and luxury-hotel construction...
...flat, unemotional voice believe he may come from Sunderland in the county of Tyne and Wear in northeastern England, about 100 miles from where the killings have taken place. By studying a footprint found near the body of one victim, the police have determined the suspect's shoe size. They may also have detected his blood type in a way that has not been disclosed. But so far the dragnet has failed to turn up the clue that will lead to the killer's capture...
...shoebox. He opened the lid and removed a hideous pair of black and white pumps. But these were not an ordinary pair of black and white pumps; both were left feet, one had a right angle turn with separate compartments that pointed the toes in impossible directions. The other shoe was six inches long and was curved inward like a rocking chair with a vise and razor blades to hold the foot in place...
Later that day, Carlo was overheard saying to a new customer, "Well, that's every shoe in the place. Unless, of course, you'd like to try the cruel shoes...