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...elegant ones - plenty of satin stilettos for brides-to-be; the funky ones - his take on the Timberland boot, the Tims (picture a suede work boot with a four-inch heel; now picture it on Jennifer Lopez); and the subversive ones - his personal favorite is a shoe of steel, aluminum and titanium that never made it to production because the razor-sharp heel could pierce someone's hand. Creations like these make women fanatically loyal to Blahnik. Which is ironic, because Blahnik never intended to be a shoe designer. In 1970 he arranged, through a mutual friend, a meeting with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Society's Cobbler | 2/2/2003 | See Source »

When Randy Harris, Jim Steel, Russ and Jill Amerling began working for the Florida “Choose Life” license plate in 1996, they had no idea it would take four years to get approval. In a state that has 50 diverse specialty plates available, the sale of “Choose Life” plates was going to fund maternity homes, crisis pregnancy centers and other agencies that work to prevent abortion by facilitating adoption and other solutions not involving abortion...

Author: By Paul C. Schultz, | Title: A License Plate for Life | 1/30/2003 | See Source »

...MURDERED. LI HAICANG, 47, Chinese steel tycoon ranked by Forbes magazine as China's 27th-richest person in 2002, by a man who shot Li in the head before turning the gun on himself; in Yuncheng, Shanxi province. The alleged killer, failed businessman Feng Yinliang, was reportedly trying to persuade Li to purchase his factory's land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

Suggestions ranged from using spring traps to using steel wool and duct tape to cover any holes around radiator pipes that may serve as entryway points for the mice...

Author: By Ebonie D. Hazle, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mice Seek Shelter in Adams House | 1/13/2003 | See Source »

...stage, the halls outside the theater, and the wings in his show. Shakespeare’s Act III storm “wail[ed] for an hour amidst pendulous light bulbs, harsh spotlights, rolling rocks, flickering candles, blinking headlights of a sleek Lincoln Continental and the disturbing whine of steel cellos.” Four television sets showed everything from the results of the New Hampshire primary to Ajax commercials, Polaroid cameras flashed and the audience was blinded with spotlights “until [their] eyes tear or shut,” according to Frankel...

Author: By Kristi L. Jobson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Hilles Elevator to the ART | 1/10/2003 | See Source »

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