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Soillis, who runs the Felix Shoe Repair Shop underneath Joe's Pizza, has been fixing shoes since the age of 11; he is now 59. Originally from Sparta, Greece, he has been living in this country for the past 13 years. He still speaks with a pronounced accent. Felix does not read English; scribbled notes written to himself lie about his shop, "bouriges kori bourtgaks...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: Felix the Cobbler Heals Broken Soles | 2/28/1976 | See Source »

Though he acknowledged the greater efficiency of shoe factories, Felix condemned them for the low quality of their output...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: Felix the Cobbler Heals Broken Soles | 2/28/1976 | See Source »

...Bach Duet" (1974) pairs white-bikinied Rose Marie Wright and Kenneth Rinker. Halfway through JSB's cantata 78, Rinker spits, then, repeating a gesture used earlier as a joke on soft-shoe, grinds that spot on the floor with his toe. That shocked a friend--such an act treated as if just one more jitter/jiggle/jolt...

Author: By Susan A. Manning, | Title: Twyla Sparkles, Boston Ballet Fizzles | 2/10/1976 | See Source »

...encoding is the first step in administration plans to test equipment designed to limit access to University facilities. Gibson said he hopes to experiment later this spring with shoe-box-like readers that scan the stripe to determine whether I.D. cards are valid and whether their holders are entitled to board privileges...

Author: By Charles E. Shepard, | Title: Registration Today to Include Encoding of All Bursars Cards | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

...lambasted the "filthy rich" and their tax-free foundations. He lashed the Eastern press and "the welfare rip-off artists." In an area where unemployment is 14%, he blasted the multinational companies for taking jobs out of the country. He blamed the Federal Government for not helping the shoe industry because it is "too busy busing little children in Springfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: Wallace: Chickens Home to Roost | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

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