Word: booting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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firms-that had made Argentina virtually self-sufficient in oil. Illia claimed that the contracts, signed between 1958 and 1960 under deposed President Arturo Frondizi, hurt the Argentine national oil company, and were illegal to boot. "But no one need be alarmed," he said. "Justice will be done." Last week, the private oilmen were still working for justice and a fair settlement. The country's state-run oil company, which took over the foreign holdings, has been unable to keep pace with demand, has gone back to importing wholesale quantities of crude oil for the first time in four...
...shiny red canoe through the cattails and saw the problem. Thwuck, thwuck, thwuck - Perkins, in hip-high rubber waders slogged through the sludge, grabbed the mooselet around the rump and pulled it free. Next problem: How now to get Perkins out of the mud? Tooth-&-Claw. One rubber wading boot may still be mired on the shore of Watts Lake, testimony to the way that Marlin Perkins, 59, director of the St. Louis Zoo, gets into the act in each weekly episode of NBC's Wild King dom. Last Sunday's "Cattail Country" also had Perkins skimming around...
...should have a boot with inner boot which makes it more comfortable and gives you more support. However, today there are the so called "buckle boots" which do not really require an inner boot, since you can close them so tightly without being a lumber jack...
When you try on a boot, bring the heavy rag socks you will wear and a medium-heavy cotton stock. An expert will always sell you a tight fitting boot, since after a while the leather will stretch and mould to your foot. Push your foot forward as far as possible so that your toe touches the end and then feel how much room there is in back at the heel. If it is more than one finger, the boot...
...different from what it's like when you're just eating lunch there. For me, the costumed doorman, the gala black tie throng, and hot bitter demitasses during the interval were enough to make the evening. But producer Walter Jewell included an opera to boot, with lots of buffa schmaltz, all the trimmings: a bevy of beautiful girls, elegant costumes, and a glittering Mozart score with a light, frothy libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte...