Word: shoeing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...walked in quietly and a shoe caught her motherly attention. It was sitting on my bureau in my room, but it wasn't mine. The shoe was black and had at least a six-inch heel. Not knowing that it belonged to one of my roommate's girlfriends, my mom first took a close look at my bed and, noticing that the mess on the matteress held only one inebriated soul, she slowly scowled around the room for that evil being that had corrupted her invaluable son. Not finding anything in the room, she gathered enough courage to open...
Those sleek, chic foreign shoes that beckon in store windows may soon be in short supply. The U.S. International Trade Commission said last week that it + will recommend to President Reagan a five-year program of import quotas to aid the struggling American shoe industry. Foreign competitors took 71% of the U.S. market last year, up from 4% in 1960. Under the ITC plan, imports of shoes with a value of $2.50 or more per pair would be limited to 474 million pairs during each of the next two years, a decrease of 17.6% from 1984. Imports would be allowed...
Remember what the yuppies did for sales of Saab, Cuisinart, Rolex and Burberry raincoats when those products became their symbols? Now it is the turn of the sneaker. The young urban professionals have their own: Reebok, a pricey ($30 to $60), soft-leather shoe that comes in six colors and 40 styles, including a popular high-top model. Says Edward Hurley, an assistant manager at an Athlete's Foot store in New York City: "All other shoes have been forced to take a back seat to Reeboks. It's the season's hottest shoe." He sold 700 pairs last month...
Reeboks come from the unfashionable town of Bolton, England, in depressed Lancashire. The shoe's manufacturer came into the U.S. market in 1979, and its products were first picked up by aerobic dancers. They and others especially liked models with a stylish, light leather exterior. The company also promoted Reeboks as a favorite of the dedicated athlete, an image bolstered when Steve Jones, who set a world record in Chicago's America's Marathon, was photographed in a pair of Reeboks. Last year total U.S. sales reached $65 million, up from $3.5 million three years ago. The overall market...
...driving purpose inside the man and the requirement for surface affability and calm. Jimmy Carter was something of a loner even when he played host to several hundred Georgians on the South Lawn of the White House. The Reagans, with all their graceful entertaining and the President's old-shoe geniality, are said to be "very private people." The ability to tune out on many occasions, simply not to notice, not to listen, may be part of the armor that carries a candidate through the campaigning. He may have been running for President twelve years as Reagan...