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Until a few years ago, athletic-shoe companies designed their women's lines to mimic their men's lines, only in smaller sizes and pastel colors. Today virtually every athletic-footwear company, from Nike to Reebok to New Balance, is competing to offer women shoes designed expressly for them. Not only are the heels tailored for the narrower female foot, but the shoes may come backless or toeless; they may be styled to resemble Mary Janes or bowling shoes; they may be made of woven or mesh fabrics; and they come in a panoply of colors. They are sturdy enough...
...chief, had decided not to travel to Afghanistan after the war broke out. He and his wife were expecting a baby, and it was just too dangerous. But that did not keep the war from coming to him. He was in Karachi, reporting on the militant mentors of accused shoe bomber Richard Reid, on Jan. 23, when he went to a restaurant in hopes of meeting a prominent but reclusive Muslim cleric. It was typical of Pearl's approach: take the risk, listen to all sides, try to figure out how they think. His wife Mariane, a free-lance journalist...
...Lord of the Rings CRITICISM Yes, hobbits are imaginary, but you wouldn't know it from the outrage over the anthropological errors alleged in the film. Example: fans say a hobbit wears shoes in one scene?when everyone knows hobbits leave their hairy, big feet unshod. RESPONSE Producer Mark Ordesky says he double-checked and swears there's no shoe...
...Each shoe contained about 4 oz. of PETN (pentaerythritol tetranitrate), a powerful explosive produced by the ton for military and construction use. Some was mixed with a plasticizer to produce a substance that resembled putty. More was in short lengths of detonation cord, which looks like a clothes line and is used to cut heavy steel objects like girders. Packed around the PETN was a whitish powder that turned out to be homemade TATP, or triacetone triperoxide. If Reid had succeeded in lighting the fuses sticking out of his soles, the TATP would have blown instantly, setting off the less...
...real possibility that there were contacts." Other early evidence points to signs of al-Qaeda operations, including piles of false identity papers for apparent sale and distribution. And the plot's unsophisticated approach recalls the relatively simple tools used by other presumed al-Qaeda members, such as suspected shoe-bomber Richard Reid. "The preparations are all very secretive, but also low-tech," says the French justice official. "Explosives are made at home, from circulated recipes...