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Start with skiboots. They are the most important part of your equipment and could give you the worst troubles if not properly selected. Basic requirements are a good strong sole with not too much rubber between the leather layers, a strong heel or heel cap, clean stitching around the sole and a strong upper leather. The most expensive boots are those with the upper leather made of one or two pieces...
When you try on a boot, bring the heavy rag socks you will wear and a medium-heavy cotton sock. 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...
After the fourth encore the one on the left steps to the microphone: "No doubt," he says, "some of you out there are wondering which is which " They are indeed, for Duo-Pianists Ferrante Teicher look as much alike as they Play. In their patent leather shoes electric red jackets, black-rimmed spectacles and matching pompadour toupees they are the Tweedle twins of the concert stage...
...Down, One Up. New consumer spending, for instance, should result from the President's proposed $1.8 billion cut in excise taxes. Likely to be eliminated are taxes on such items as leather goods, furs, toiletries and cameras...
...Last year Wegner won $20,757-enough to make him the world cham pion of bull riding and the proud possessor of a nicely tooled leather and silver saddle (worth $800) awarded in Denver last week. His winnings so far this season total $2,556, more than $1,000 ahead of his closest competitor on the rodeo circuit. But Wegner's traveling expenses alone run to $12,000 a year, and he bets on himself to make ends meet. "I went up to Omak, Wash.," he says, "and this outfit had a bull they said had never been ridden...