Word: shoeing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...grew up in a “barefoot” house: At the front door, a shoe rack accompanied the welcome mat where family and guests alike kicked off footwear before entering. Even inside, we rarely wore house slippers; socks wore donned only out of necessity, perhaps in winter when the cold marble of the foyer was especially chilling. To wear shoes in the house was a breach of etiquette, for it crudely dragged in the dirt of the outside world. Nowhere was this more emphasized than in our prayer room: “Cleanliness is next to Godliness...
...that this New York lifestyle is not for the faint of foot, but only for the brave of sole. Each day, my feet yearn for the flat-footed freedom of my west-coast home. But in the meantime, I’m thankful that New York’s shoe obsession is accompanied by nail salons galore: Five pedicurists speckle the six block walk from my subway station to my home—all stocked with massage chairs and bubble baths for the my poor and weary paws...
...dressed, but not in the standard attire of Saudi women, Wynn-Stanley was harangued by a mutawwa, so she pulled out her Saudi-issued diplomatic identity card. The mutawwa's response was to throw it on the ground and grind it into the pavement with the sole of his shoe, a gesture considered a grave insult in Arab custom. The U.S. embassy lodged a formal complaint with the Saudi Foreign Ministry...
...when I see a couple kissing in the park. I can't say that any one event caused me to re-evaluate my stance toward PDA, but after weeks of involuntary observation, it’s simply become a part of the Parisian landscape. Like the countless boulangeries and shoe stores, PDA is an omnipresent part of the scenery—a necessary staple of Parisian culture...
With a splat, squelch and gurgle, my left shoe fell away and disappeared into the Guinness-like murk of Irish blanket...