Word: shoeing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bookshelves and stock the bar. Architecturally, the dwellings are a kind of California contemporary. Most come with pools, Jacuzzi rooms, electronic security systems and multimedia entertainment rooms. Says Albert Segal, who moved to the Gold Coast from Charlotte, N.C., after retiring as chairman of the Pic'n Pay shoe store chain: "All we did was move in with our toothbrushes...
...agents rely mostly on shoe leather and the patient combing of stacks of returns, which may at times yield a few unexpectedly bright needles. Says Marilyn Leach, 30, an IRS auditor of small businesses in the Carson, Calif., area: "Sometimes you get there and the person sees you and immediately says, 'I didn't report $100,000 in income last year.' That's a real easy audit...
Jenkins' victory margin belied the close race that preceded it. Right up to election day, opinion polls gave him at best a slight edge over his rivals. In the end, it seemed, it was the sheer accumulation of smiles and shoe leather and handclasps that put him over the top. At times exuberant with enthusiasm, at other moments almost weighed down with weariness, the 61-year-old political veteran toured the streets with the doggedness of a fledgling candidate standing for his first seat...
Every other year or so since 1964, loyal readers pick up their new Anne Tyler novel as they would buy a favored brand of sensible shoe. Each of her nine books is solidly constructed from authentic and durable materials. Yet traditional style and comfort do not necessarily mean dullness. Tyler's characters have character: quirks, odd angles of vision, colorful mean streaks and harmonic longings. They usually live in ordinary settings, like Baltimore, the author's current home, and do not seem to have been overly influenced by the 7 o'clock news. An issue...
...block from the fault, Joe Crevea, 70, and three of his friends on San Juan Bautista's volunteer fire department sit for hours on the "liars' bench" in front of the shoe-repair store. Old Joe guesses he has been in 100 quakes but never walks up to view the fault, fearing the fire alarm may scream while he is gone. His nonchalance is widely shared. "It is like living next to the Mississippi River," says a San Juan Bautista housewife...