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2 unusual facts about Slip-on shoe


Slip-on shoe

In 1934, G.H. Bass (a bootmaker in Wilton, Maine) started making loafers under the name Weejuns (sounding like Norwegians).

These Gucci loafers (now a general term referring to shoes of this style by any manufacturer) also spread over the Atlantic and were worn by 1970s businessmen, becoming almost a Wall Street uniform, reaching widespread use by the 1980s.


1861 Sumatra earthquake

Smaller (but still large) megathrust events have also occurred in the small gaps between the areas that slip during the larger events, in 1935, 1984, 2000 and 2002.

1984 Northern Sumatra earthquake

Smaller (but still large) megathrust events have also occurred in the small gaps between the areas that slip during the larger events, in 1935, 1984, 2000 and 2002.

2010 Pune bombing

Samad was trying to slip into the country through the Bajpe Airport by taking advantage of the situation that prevailed following the 22 May 2010 crash at Mangalore of flight Air India Express Flight 812.

Allan Jackson

Jackson was handed a slip of paper reading "JFK DEAD" and immediately went on air with the announcement, reporting Kennedy's death as a fact (which had not yet been confirmed, although it was true that Kennedy was already dead), and playing the U.S. national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.

Banditos

They eventually give the police the slip through the use of a ridiculous disguise.

Barbara Sleigh

The other writings by Sleigh include novels for older children, notably Jessamy, an intriguingly realistic 1967 time-slip novel; collections of stories; large amounts of radio adaptation; several picture books for younger children; and some educational readers.

Battle of Ekeren

The battle was a victory for the French, but Boufflers wasn't congratulated at all, he was blamed for letting the chance of a total victory slip through his fingers.

Berw Fault

It has a long history of movement with early ductile fabrics preserved from a sinistral (left lateral) strike-slip sense shear zone active at the end of the Precambrian and into the early Cambrian.

Blanche on the Lam

"They view the stereotypical roles as their performance in a larger satire about misperception. They slip into and out of the Mammy and Uncle Tome stereotype as they see fit." "A cleansing construction: Blanche White as domestic heroine in Barbara Neely's Blanche on the Lam".

Blue slip

In the Senate, a blue slip is an opinion written by a Senator from the state where a federal judicial nominee resides.

Breakfast for Two

Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and sets out first to reform and then to marry him, explaining to her horse-breaking uncle Sam (Frank M. Thomas) that she intends to "slip a bit in his mouth and make him like it".

Browncoat

This originated from a slip of the tongue by actor Nathan Fillion during an interview, when talking about Firefly fans.

ClarkNet

It was the first ISP to provide dial-up TCP/IP access (via SLIP or PPP) targeted for the home user in the Mid Atlantic region.

Dam Vinh Hung

Activist Ly Tong dressed up in drag in order to slip through security, and under the pretext of giving Dam a flower, sprayed Dam in the face with pepper spray.

David Flynn

His prize was a commission to elaborate ‘Slip’ into his String Quartet No.2 "The Cranning" for the 2005 festival where it was premiered by the Smith Quartet to the acclaim of critics including Neil Fisher of The Times who praised Flynn for ‘incorporating traditional Irish music without Hollywood pastiche’.

Graham McKenzie

The Adelaide Oval was notoriously flat, but McKenzie was an expert on getting batsmen out on dull wickets and used the humid atmosphere and fresh pitch to bowl Bob Barber for a duck and have John Edrich caught by the ever-reliable Simpson at slip.

Hard Boiled Mahoney

Slip (Leo Gorcey) goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty.

Hurtsmile

Besides brothers Gary and Mark Cherone, who also play together in Slip Kid, a The Who tribute band, the band features Joe Pessia, who plays with Tantric and was the bassist for Bettencourt's DramaGods and drummer Dana Spellman, who was a student of Extreme's former drummer Mike Mangini.

Landgate

The agency in conjunction with the WALIS office (a section within Landgate) recently led the development of a groundbreaking concept that allows multiple government agencies to share spatial information - The Shared Land Information Platform, otherwise known as SLIP.

Lotus 18

Further contributing to the weight advantage was the adoption of lightweight sequential manual transmission originally developed for Lotus 12 by Richard Ansdale and Harry Mundy incorporating the unique sequential-shifting gearbox and a ZF limited slip differential in a common Magnesium alloy housing to form a transaxle, which also provided the mounting points for inboard rear brakes.

Marine terrace

An especially prominent marine terraced coastline can be found north of Santa Cruz, near Davenport, California, where terraces probably have been raised by repeated slip earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault.

Minoan pottery

In EM IIA, the geometric slip-painted designs of Koumasa Ware seem to have developed from the wares of Aghios Onouphrios.

Moustapha Bangura

The accident occurred when Bangura was on his way to watch a Sierra Leone National Premier League game between the Nepean Stars of Bo and FC Kallon when Bangura tried to avoid a dog on the road and subsequently had his BMW vehicle slip-off the road and hit a tree.

Nauchandi Express

Slip coaches of 54402/05 Khurja Passenger are attached/detached at Hapur

On Dress Parade

He summons his old friend, Colonel Mitchell Reiker (John Litel) to ask him if he will care for his son Slip (Leo Gorcey) when he dies.

Passage SAS

Since 1983, yachtsmen such as Philippe Jeantot, Florence Arthaud and Pierre Follenfant have been equipped with TBS anti-slip products, thus contributing to the promotion of the image of TBS anti-slip in the field of racing.

Salvador María del Carril

Rosas' grasp on power began to slip after the 1838 blockade imposed by France following the death of a French journalist in Buenos Aires, and del Carril was named Supply Commissioner to the French Navy fleet stationed in the Río de la Plata.

San Gabriel Fault

The San Gabriel Fault is a right-lateral strike-slip that was last active 1,000s of years ago — Late Quaternary west of intersection with the Sierra Madre fault, and Quaternary east of that intersection, and Holocene only further west between Saugus and Castaic-Gorman.

Sheffield Parkway

On this route it passes the districts of Wybourn, Darnall, Handsworth, and the village of Catcliffe, at which a slip road connects to the now defunct Sheffield City Airport, Sheffield Business Park and the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP).

Siletzia

This is a strike-slip fault, where part of Siletzia has been split off; the missing piece may be the Yakutat terrane now at the head of the Gulf of Alaska.

Slip 'n Slide

Between 1973 and 1991, seven adults and one teenager reported injuries suffered while using Slip 'N Slides including neck injuries, bone fractures, quadriplegia, and paraplegia.

Slip coach

These were the 6 p.m. which slipped coaches for Waltham Cross using old GER 6 wheeled slip coaches and the 4.57 express to Clacton on Sea which slipped a couple of coaches at Marks Tey railway station for Bury St Edmunds railway station using a bogie corridor slip coach of modern design, with a corridor "trailer".

Slip End

The name of Slip End possibly has a connection with the brickworks, Slip is an old English word for clay and End is quite common in Bedfordshire and not unknown in other counties.

Slip Slidin' Away

"Slip Slidin' Away" is a 1977 song written and recorded by Paul Simon, from his compilation album Greatest Hits, Etc..

Slip-n-Slide Records

On June 26, 2001, Renee Perkins of District Heights, Maryland sued Slip-n-Slide for failing to edit the expletive "dick" from Trick Daddy's Thugs Are Us album.

Slipware

Slip is an aqueous suspension of a clay body, which is a mixture of clays and other minerals such as quartz, feldspar and mica.

Snyder Estate Natural Cement Historic District

Sixteen years later, Jacob ceded a portion of his land to John B. Jervis of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, allowing it to be built across the property with the condition that the company build him a slip so he could use it to ship his produce to market, and a bridge to reach his mill.

Sun Xiang

"The Dutch proposal is a great opportunity for me to take my career to a new level and I just can't let it slip through my fingers," Sun told the Shanghai Daily.

The Following

To slip gory scenes past the Standards and Practices department at Fox Broadcasting, Williamson explained, "There are tricks... Okay, in the same episode there's an actor cutting someone in the jugular, and you're harping on the sex scene? So I sent a little email to Fox Entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly, and within 15 minutes the broadcast-and-standards people were like, It's okay".

The Iron Hand of Mars

Out of leads, Falco finally tries to make enquiries with the camp prefect of the 14th Legion, but accidentally lets it slip that he was part of the infamous 2nd Augusta.

The Loud Solomon Family: A Dickumentary

When Dick covers up a slip-up by saying that Sally is a lesbian, it led to the aliens wildly "revealing" embarrassing secrets about each other.

Toe socks

This provides a non-slip surface and provides for a more complete range of motion for form-fitting yoga, pilates, or Wii Fit exercises.

Tomasz Drwal

Drwal faced Rousimar Palhares on March 27, 2010 at UFC 111, losing after an early slip via heel hook submission which appeared to injure Drwal.

Walker Lane

The Walker Lane is a geologic trough roughly aligned with the California/Nevada border southward to where Death Valley intersects the Garlock Fault, a major left lateral, or sinistral, strike-slip fault.

WBTZ

When Montreal hit station CHTX (980 Hits, then, 990 Hits, now CKGM again) started a similar format in 1989, ratings (largely from listeners in Canada) began to slip forcing another format change.

Whitesnake's Greatest Hits

#"The Deeper the Love" (David Coverdale/Adrian Vandenberg) (from Slip of the Tongue, 1989) - 4:22

Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival

TJ Dawe (The Slip-Knot), Charles Ross (One Man Star Wars), Ribbit Productions (BoyGroove), and Monster Theatre (The Canada Show), have all performed over several years in Winnipeg.

WMBS

A Papa John's Pizza delivery driver later admitted to police that he was behind the wheel, and had taken his eyes off the road to read a delivery slip when he struck McMullen.


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