Word: shoes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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REBAQ (Re-Elect Bush and Quayle). Main drawback: sounds like an aerobics shoe...
...rebuild L.A. Gear's momentum, chairman Robert Greenberg signed singer Paula Abdul to endorse her own line. The company also hopes youngsters will go for Sun Blossoms tennis shoes, which sport white vinyl flowers that change color in sunlight. To top it off, the company will launch Catapult, a $100 shoe designed to compete with Nike's Air Jordan and Reebok's the Pump...
...said my friend, wanting to grab the other shoe before it dropped. "How many of my people do I have to let go?" He could see this was going to be a very lousy day. "You don't understand," said the more senior partner. "We're letting you go." Oops...
...when buyers are spooked, the rest of the economy shudders. In the last shopping days before Christmas, stores across the country were already thick with post- holiday sales. Some items were moving nicely: oversize freezers to keep groceries bought in bulk; wood stoves to cut down on utility bills; shoe trees, mason jars, sewing kits, to extend the life of life's necessities; and any $5 present that looked as if it cost $25. At the IKEA store in Elizabeth, N.J., shoppers could lease a Christmas tree for $20 and get $10 back if they returned it for recycling into...
Most Out-of-Tune Experiment Steven Bochco's musical series Cop Rock, with soft-shoe gumshoes and gospel jubilation in the jury box, was found guilty of being off key and sentenced to oblivion. So much for the networks' new spirit of innovation...