Word: shoes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weapon against the bugs will always be our mind. Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, predicts that in the end, the fight will come down to the same old sleuthing methods that disease hunters have always used to find bugs and stop them. "Shoe-leather epidemiology" is what Koplan calls it. "You wear out your shoes investigating an outbreak," he says. "You go around identifying the source of the disease and figuring out how it's being spread, and then you remove the source. Even if it's Vibram-soled epidemiology...
...bubble-gum pop vixens. Aside from their aforementioned bare-it-all costumes, the flygirls plan on doing the scene where Jesus comes before Herod in dominatrix-chic, complete with fishnet stockings and rhinestone brassieres (the scene was often treated in previous productions as a cross between a vaudeville soft-shoe and soft-core porn as envisioned by the cast of The Rocky Horror Picture Show). In the scene where Jesus is flagellated prior to his crucifixion, the flygirls re-enact what can only be described as climaxing, sensually twisting and turning in sync with the cracks of the whip...
...next day it was raining. When Rubin went to get his rain shoes, he saw they were missing. He remembered he had left them by the door to dry. Says Rubin, "We think the robber has a size 11 shoe." For Stevens, "The real pain was having to get the new I.D. card. [The I.D. people told me] I had to have the police report with me, so I had to walk out to HUPD, which is all the way out near the Quad" in the rain. Stevens' troubles continued once he reached the station. "My name was misspelled...
...rule of thumb, if you do something three or more times a week, you need a sport-specific shoe. The exceptions: basketball, running and aerobics. These always require special shoes, regardless of how often you participate in them. Basketball and aerobics, in particular, involve frequent lateral movement, demanding shoes that give you good stability. Look for a sneaker with a high back (or profile) that will keep your foot from rolling over. Otherwise you'll risk painful ankle sprains and torn ligaments and tendons...
Many people assume it's all right to walk in almost any shoe because it's not as demanding as running. Not true, says Dr. Carol Frye of the orthopedic academy: "Walking shoes should be at least 2 1/2 in. thick in the heel area, giving you comfortable cushioning, and have a rocker-sole design that encourages the foot's natural roll as you move...