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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Middle Ages, of course, were salad days for relics, real and fake (churches in Constantinople and Angeli boasted heads of John the Baptist), and as the centuries rolled on, bits of the True Cross or Our Lady's shoe faded from prominence within their gilded reliquaries. What catapulted the shroud into its role as a modern touchstone was the testimony of a thoroughly modern invention: the camera. On May 28, 1898, a city councillor named Secondo Pia took the first photographs of the relic. One scholar recounts that as the negative image began to appear in his darkroom, Pia "nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science And The Shroud | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...decor is equally incoherent. Rusty license plates and an old clock advertising dog food hang alongside the display of Calvin Klein hosiery. Outside the dressing rooms looms a bizarre vintage shoe-shine chair, and in the back of the store, a fine antique wooden armoire is surrounded by pairs and pairs of Doc Martens...

Author: By Shara R. Kay, | Title: S'HABILLER en noir | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

Like the clothing, the shoes sold at 'Black and Blues' follow a somewhat illogical mix of styles. The majority of shoes are hard-core Doc Martens and combat boot look-alikes such as Angels' shiny crimson interpretation ($110). On the other hand, one can find hippie gear like the Brazilian walking shoe ($48) and several pairs of clogs ($45 to $58). For those planning to make a preppier statement with their footwear, the store offers black Paloma mules ($58), as well as open-toed sandals by Steve Madden...

Author: By Shara R. Kay, | Title: S'HABILLER en noir | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...juvenile reported that her mother beat her with a shoe repeatedly, made threats and held a knife to her throat. The child is now living with her aunt...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 4/8/1998 | See Source »

Okay, so maybe it was our respective nicotine and running-shoe habits, coupled with some massive thesis-incurred library fines, that forced us to be money conscious...but we couldn't resist mentioning the Senior Gift on April Fool...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Spring Break Saga | 4/1/1998 | See Source »

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