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...breach of etiquette, for it crudely dragged in the dirt of the outside world. Nowhere was this more emphasized than in our prayer room: “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” Before entering, we had to wash our hands and feet of our footwear??s contagious impurities...

Author: By Ramya Parthasarathy | Title: Flip-Flopping On Footwear | 8/10/2007 | See Source »

...interrogation room, he sat down and crossed his legs casually, showing off highly polished English shoes that glistened in the dim light.” But in an interview with The Crimson this past Tuesday, Wright acknowledged that he took artistic license with his description of Roberts’ footwear??and with other occasional scene-setting details as well.This is unfortunate. Wright’s subject matter is so powerful and his prose is so elegant that “Harvard’s Secret Court” would rivet its readers even without Wright?...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Writing the Wrong | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

Sherpa boots, Uggies—call them what you will, sheepskin lined footwear is always going to be a difficult look to pull off. Yes, they’re the ultimate in comfort footwear??think macaroni and cheese for your feet—and yes, they’re more toasty than a hot, doughy bagel, but Uggs have a troubled history in the cultural lexicon that remains unknown to many of the campus fashionistas who sport them with a mini in public. From admittedly cool beginnings among Aussie surfers in the 1970s for warming up after hanging...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Ugg-ly | 11/6/2003 | See Source »

...airline checks—both for sharp objects and non-kosher footwear??suggest the real nature of the times. President Bush and others have noted that this is hardly a war in the traditional sense, with a clearly definable enemy. But the uniqueness of the present situation goes further than that. The war on terror is nothing new as a war against America’s enemies or against an abstract “evil.” America has had enemies for well over 200 years now. Evil has been around a lot longer than that. What...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, | Title: Fear and Clothing in New York | 7/12/2002 | See Source »

...example of true tenacity, Brian J. Hayes ’03 has run in every Primal Scream despite getting frostbite his freshman year, when he stripped completely—including doffing his footwear??and ran into the Yard. “It was 40 below that year, freezing,” he recalls. “I got caught up in it and I did multiple laps.” When he returned to his room he could no longer feel his feet and was soon limited to crutches as his feet recovered from frostbite...

Author: By Samuel A.S. Clark, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Exploring Naked College Traditions | 2/7/2002 | See Source »

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