Athletic shoe — An athletic shoe is a generic name for footwear designed for sporting and physical activities, and is different in style and build than a dress shoe. Athletic shoes, depending on the location and the actual type of footwear, can also go by the… … Wikipedia
Climbing shoe — A climbing shoe is a specialized type of footwear designed for rock climbing. Typical climbing shoes have a close fit, little if any padding, and a smooth, sticky rubber sole with an extended rubber rand. Unsuited to walking and hiking, climbing… … Wikipedia
Court shoe — Court shoes (British English) or pumps (American English) are shoes with a low cut front and usually without a fastening. However, some have ankle straps. They are usually worn by women, but are still traditional menswear in some formal… … Wikipedia
soft shoe — 1. noun a) A kind of tap dancing performed in soft soled shoes, popular in vaudeville. Between Mr. OConnor and Mr. Newley theres a delightful exhibition of the dances and their origin dating gack a few hundred years, from the clog to the buck,… … Wiktionary
soft-shoe — a clandestine or indirect approach From the silence of the tread and the association with shuffling: Doing the same soft shoe as you, talking to me about something else, then trying to slide this Litiplex name in so I wouldn t notice.… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Raven paradox — The Raven paradox, also known as Hempel s paradox or Hempel s ravens is a paradox proposed by the German logician Carl Gustav Hempel in the 1940s to illustrate a problem where inductive logic violates intuition. It reveals the problem of… … Wikipedia
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Fashions — ▪ 2009 The faltering global economy determined the direction of fashion during 2008. Initially, the euro s significant appreciation against the dollar proved a boon to style conscious travelers who, visiting the U.S. from abroad as the year … Universalium
performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
Cradle-to-cradle design — For the book, see Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. Cradle to cradle design (sometimes abbreviated to C2C, or cradle 2 cradle, or in some circles referred to as regenerative) is a biomimetic approach to the design of systems. It… … Wikipedia
