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Tom Philpott: New Balance nears big win in military recruit shoe campaign

Edit The News Tribune 12 Jun 2016
Two years ago however, as a few companies signaled they could produce Berry-compliant shoes, the department made a policy change. Defense would apply the Berry Amendment to recruit running shoes, and so award the business exclusively to companies who made them in the U.S. under certain terms. For now, the only company able to produce Berry-compliant shoes is New Balance ... ....

Office’s bad joke email: why a shoe shop shouldn’t tell people to shave their legs

Edit The Observer 12 Jun 2016
Never mind Brexit, Bremain or Brugger Off The Lot Of You – the major question of the last week, in most households, has been whether or not it is acceptable for a shoe chain to pass comment on leg hair ... This led to a heated debate on Mumsnet, kicked off by women who had read the email as an instruction to shave their legs (rather than, as it should grammatically mean, the shoes.) ... I mean, their shoes are incredibly boring....

Vaishnodevi shrine: Alert sounded after police recover Army uniform

Edit Indian Express 12 Jun 2016
An Army uniform, along with a pair of shoes, were found abandoned at Domail late Friday evening after a local shopkeeper informed SHO Jhajjar Kotli about the sighting ... Though a number of Army men travelling in their convoys board off their vehicles at Domail and change their uniform for the onward journey to the shrine, what made police sound the alert was the seizure of a uniform and shoes left behind by one of the suspects ... ....

Edward Fitzpatrick: A look at McCoy Stadium's future, through Paws' eyes

Edit The Providence Journal 12 Jun 2016
Political columnist spends an inning in the shoes of the PawSox mascot for a new perspective on the team's prospects in Pawtucket ... ....

Someone Else's Shoes

Edit Skiddle 12 Jun 2016
The Camden Head in Camden. Sunday 12th June 2016. 8.00pm. No age restrictions ... Venue ... Someone Else's Shoes on Sun 12th June 2016 ... ....

Madonna And Janet Jackson: Did Bobby Brown Fulfill Fantasy Of Many Heterosexual And Homosexual Men ...

Edit Inquisitr 12 Jun 2016
In the early 1990s, Madonna and Janet Jackson were two women who heterosexual and homosexual men drooled over for different reasons. According to Us Weekly, Bobby Brown had both of these legends…in bed!. “Bobby Brown opened up about his past romances with Madonna and Janet Jackson in his new book, Every Little Step ... But it gets better ... “He is truly a nut ... Bobby Brown ... — Ace Boogie (@BarelyTomCruise) June 10, 2016....

Rock The Boat

Edit Skiddle 12 Jun 2016
The Silver Bullet in London. Sunday 12th June 2016. 8.00pm til 3.00am (last entry 2.00am). Minimum Age. 18 ... Venue ... Great vibes and tons of fun so bring your dancing shoes, it's gonna be burning ... ....

From the Observer archive: this week in 1986

Edit The Observer 12 Jun 2016
Trooping the Colour has long reflected some of the best military traditions. It is, therefore, all the more unfortunate that it also reflects one of the worst ... “Sporting a white shirt, braces, wide velvet culottes, scarlet stockings and maroon high-heeled shoes, she abuses herself further with blond corkscrew curls and the hard, brick-red makeup of the traditional pantomime dame.”....

Cavaliers vs. Warriors | After three so-so games, MVP Curry re-emerges

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 12 Jun 2016
CLEVELAND — Three games is long enough for idle curiosity to turn into genuine wonder ... Seated at the postgame interview table at Quicken Loans Arena alongside fellow “Splash Brother” Klay Thompson, Curry was as comfortable discussing what looked like an in-game beef with LeBron James as he was the underwhelming response to the release of his latest shoe ... He paused. “We will be better,” Thompson added....

Meet the UFC's Canadian cutman

Edit Toronto Sun 12 Jun 2016
It is one of the bloodiest jobs on earth, but the UFC’s first and only Canadian cutman loves every second of it ... “I’ve fought over 100 times, so I’ve been in their shoes over 100 times,” Halmagean, 39, said, adding he’s also cornered more than 1,000 bouts, often serving as coach and cutman when there was little money to be made in combat sports ... He has since worked about 20 cards around the world ... ....

Rajya Sabha elections: Nirmala Seetharaman, Jairam Ramesh win from Karnataka

Edit Indian Express 12 Jun 2016
Jairam Ramesh. Union Minister Nirmala Seetharaman and Congress’ Jairam Ramesh, Oscar Fernandes and K C Ramamurthy on Saturday won Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka in the biennial elections highlighted by cross voting from JDS and votes for cash controversy ... Share This Article. Related Article ... Nirmala Seetharaman has stepped into the shoes of Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu, who had won three Rajya Sabha terms from Karnataka ...   ....

Lights out in Malegaon: What’s killing Mollywood?

Edit Indian Express 12 Jun 2016
Nasir runs an eatery now and says is focused on his “akhirat (afterlife)”. (Express photo by-Zeeshan Sheikh). “We are making films without equipment. We have no weapons but we’re fighting a war ... “The entertainment industry is a tough one ... Share This Article. Related Article ... spoofs of mainstream Bollywood and Hollywood films on a shoe-string budget, with a rag-tag crew, actors from the town and scenes peppered with colloquial expressions ... ....

A tale of three qiang villages (Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Jun 2016
(Source. Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China). AQiang woman makes shoes in her courtyard while her husband weaves a bamboo basket in Heihu Qiang village in Aba.[Photo by Li Yang/China Daily] ... After the Manchurian-dominated Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Tibetans and the Qiang people became the main residents of the Aba region, roughly as big as Scotland ... But he can sing old songs in the language ... Li Yang / China Daily....
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