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...chopine, a wooden clog that could reach stilt height. Later, a more narrowly heeled shoe for women emerged during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. And in the eighteenth century, the French began their fashion influence with lovely decorated leather or silk shoes on high heels set under the arch of the foot...
...religious right's anti-Clinton fervor is matched only by their zeal for the Republican Party. Again, they seem to prefer lip-service to substance--they endorse school prayer instead of school lunches, they sermonize about family values while their arch-enemy, Clinton, promotes the Family Medical Leave...
Coming off an emotional victory over arch-rival Princeton, the Crimson (8-0 dual, 5-0 Ivy) avoided a letdown by destroying Dartmouth, 9-0, yesterday at Hemenway Gym. Harvard clinced at least a share of its fifth straight Ivy League title and can clinch the crown outright with a win against Yale...
...first, it seems wrong to take King George's side. Arch-villain in the annals of American history, and big-nosed to boot, he's not even an attractive bad guy. In his crown, he looks like the British (or Hanover German) version of a middle-aged American in full Elks regalia. But George, as portrayed by Nigel Hawthorne, is irresistible. In all his bawdy charm and depth, the King is a Shakespearean creation...
...when cuts and close-ups would serve the comedy better. But the old gags still work, and Allen is at home as the neurotic Jewish father, worried about indigestion, his daughter's boyfriends and escaping from the Reds on sore feet. "I can't chase," he says. "I got arch supports the size of barbells." Ah, the old days...