Word: shoes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...They don't care what size the shoe is or whatfoot is inside the shoe. They just see a shoe," hesaid...
...superdelegates. They agreed, he says, that Clinton's nomination now looks inevitable but that nonetheless they would stay uncommitted at least for the moment. One reason, says Edwards -- who stresses that he personally has no doubts about Clinton's honesty -- is that "you always wonder if another shoe will drop." The situation has reached the somewhat absurd stage of rumors about allegations. Talk circulated around Chicago last week that some really damaging charges -- nature unspecified -- were about to become public, and it may have scared off some superdelegates from signing up with Clinton just...
...details. The spirit of Walt hovers over Euro Disney too. Mice with sewing needles and birds holding ribbons in their beaks adorn the capitals in l'Auberge de Cendrillon, the park's only French restaurant (try the dessert they call Cinderella's Slipper: chocolate mousse in a white-chocolate shoe mold). Dumbo snouts serve as the spouts for fresh water in man-made Lake Buena Vista. At the Hotel Cheyenne's Chuckwagon Cafe, which has antlers in all of its decorating, plastic horseshoes hold the condiments, and nailed to the wall is a dinner bell shaped in a silhouette...
Cons. Connies. Chucks. High-tops. All Stars. By any name, the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star basketball shoe is an American classic -- and still a hot seller. For sheer endurance, the simple canvas and vulcanized-rubber shoe (price: $32) now ranks up there with leather bomber jackets, Levi's and Coca-Cola. Last week Converse celebrated the 75th birthday of the All Star and launched an ad campaign that includes a battery of five-second TV spots...
...Once the standard footwear of almost all self-respecting hoopsters, the All Star nowadays is less an athletic shoe than a fashion accessory. Teenage boys and girls practically live in them. Woody Allen has been known to wear the red version of the high-tops with formal wear. They have become an international icon as well; half the 10 million pairs of All Stars sold last year were exported. The All Star is the most popular sneaker in Japan, where Converse sold more than 1 million pairs last year. In France they are known as "Chuckie...