Word: stiletto
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...with her spiked heels and X-rated raps. "What's going too far? Marilyn Manson urinates on a crowd, and he's respected," she says. (Actually, he denies urinating on anyone, and his respect is somewhat dubious.) Nevertheless, Brown's not changing. "You're still going to see the stiletto heels and the sweats. That is the real Foxy...
...arena Starr enters Thursday is nothing like the well-mannered setting of the courtroom. The hearing could look more like a World Wrestling Federation match, a forum where Starr's words could be drowned out by jousting between, say, Barney Frank, Democratic maestro of the verbal stiletto, and Bob Barr, the humorless but relentless Republican former prosecutor. The House Judiciary Committee includes some of the most ideological members of each party, politicians more likely to go for the jugular than the essence of a witness's arguments. Starr will have to defend the logic and fairness of his actions...
...giant with a crocodile's face and powerful Popeye-like forearms...sporting a huge, sail-like, bony structure growing out of its back and deadly, 16-in., stiletto-sharp thumb claws..." --Chicago Tribune...
DIED. ROGER VIVIER, 90, innovative shoe designer for the unsurpassingly well heeled; in Toulouse, France. Vivier, creator of the stiletto heel, won devotees including Marlene Dietrich and Queen Elizabeth II, for whom he designed gold coronation sandals...
...Schiffer left. It's another ripped seam for the eatery, which has recently seen closings of its Barcelona and New Orleans outlets. And, of course, there's a lawsuit. Investor Luigi Palma is suing Buti, claiming embezzlement, a claim Buti denies. Is it time for the other stiletto to drop...