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When Elizabeth's son arrived and favored his crib, bottle feeding and a bouncy chair, Tracy made subtly disparaging comments about her friend's abandonment of the attachment techniques. At the same time Elizabeth began to feel that Tracy was keeping her baby in the sling even when the child was wriggling to get down and nursing her when she didn't seem hungry; in her view Tracy was responding not so much to the infant's needs but rather to her own insecurities. The situation finally peaked when Elizabeth mentioned that she had brought her son into...
...pressure—the pressure is tremendous—the pressure to perform, the pressure to think on your feet, the assaults on your character, on your family...the ridicule. When you decide to run for president, you’re putting yourself out there for anyone to sling their arrows...
...millions to be saved in endorsements.) When Nike started its women's division in 2000, women generated about $1.5 billion in annual global sales, or 20% of the company's total. The goal is to boost that to one-third, via products such as the Visi Havoc, a $70 sling-back, and the Air Rift, a split-toe design that has been spotted on actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and Gwyneth Paltrow...
This spring Nike will roll out Visi Mazy, a sling-back in woven fabric, available in "lime chill" and "midnight navy." It will compete against a line that Skechers is developing in denim and a sneaker from Puma created by the Japanese designer Yasuhiro Mihara. As Tony Bartone, Puma's director of brand management, promises, "These will not be found at Athlete's Foot." Which is exactly why the women's market could prove to be supremely profitable...
...flipped through the fashion spread, I could see myself—a person who prefers solids to floral prints and comfy pants to full ankle-length skirts—running through the fields with Dusty, our love child hanging in a hemp sling across my chest. After seven pages of Hollywood style, this-could-be-your-life type insanity, I wanted my rocky mountain high! Yes, Dusty, this land is your land, this land is my land too….this land was made for you and me (and little Leaf). Somewhere in the same part of my brain that...