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There's nothing as good for the sole as a comeback classic. When Dr. Scholl's Exercise Sandals debuted in 1948, the wooden slip-ons were promoted as a means to flex the foot, strengthen the arch and tone leg muscles. In the 1970s they peaked in popularity, not as an orthopedic shoe but as inexpensive hippie footwear. Today the sandals with the trademark gold buckle and unmistakable staccato ticking sound are back. "Sales are up 630% from last year," says Alan Johnson, a buyer for Shoes.com "It started in January as a very metropolitan craze. Now they've spread...
...informally providing students, tutors and Faculty with increased awareness of ethnicity. As a recent Crimson survey found that more people interact with those of other races in the Houses than anywhere else, initiatives like these have a great deal of promise. The recommendation seeks to strengthen and elucidate the role of each House’s race relations tutor. Many Houses already have successful pre-med, business awareness and sexuality issue tutors who, via House events, call attention to their interests. Likewise, the race relations tutor should have a more clearly defined role, as well as the willingness to effectively...
...will be any more positions in South Asia,” she said. “In this day and age, to cast all of Asia under a single intellectual umbrella is a kind of modern Orientalism that is intellectually disturbing. But as an intermediate administrative measure, this may strengthen South Asia...
...order to achieve progress in securing human rights and curbing terrorism, the Colombian government needs to strengthen its authority and make its people feel safe, Mack said...
Moore, who served as vice president of the Black Men’s Forum this past year, said his primary goals as president would be to strengthen the BSA’s alumni network and to fundraise...