Word: shoes
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...loaded up on what he calls "space-saver stuff" ("If you don't have crates, you don't have anything"). He also purchased dishes, pots, pans, a 25-in. TV and a PlayStation2. But once Bixenmann was on campus, what really caught his eye was another student's stiletto-shoe-shaped chair. But he drew the line at another's espresso maker: "I thought that was a little too much of a frill. You know what I mean?" Yes, Kyle...
Narrow, pointed toe boxes crunch feet into improbably small spaces, and, says Frey, "the shoe wins the battle. The foot will deform." Tight shoes pinch or even damage nerves and compound existing problems, such as bunions and hammertoes, which happen when toes buckle in cramped quarters and curl under...
...around all day in sneakers or orthopedic clodhoppers? Nowadays the answer is a resounding yes. Over the past three years, nearly every major shoemaker has begun designing with one eye on fashion and the other keenly fixed on comfort and health. DKNY and Amalfi of Italy have crafted dress shoes with new technology like Insolia, a system invented by a podiatrist that shifts weight from the front of the shoe back to the heel, making high heels feel more like flats. At the same time, old standbys in the comfort-shoe industry, such as Birkenstock, Rockport and Ecco of Denmark...
Language presents us with many opportunities to compromise accuracy for cleverness. In the statement above, the bargain is clearly worth it. Kerry is a “flip-flop,” just as his accuser is another type of shoe? Double entendre, phallic imagery, anti-war allusions? Incredible...
...moving in the wrong direction in many sectors. Even as global commodity prices spike, Indonesia's valuable natural resources, including natural gas and minerals, remain untapped because of doubts about the legal system and worries over security. Over the past two years, more than 20% of Indonesia's shoe manufacturers have shut down. "The country has been deindustrializing for several years," says Hans Vriens, managing director of the Indonesia office of consulting firm APCO. "Investors don't even dare to visit this place, how can they invest...