• In the newsroom of Caijing, a sleek and open gray brick space on the nineteenth floor of the Prime Tower, in downtown Beijing, her arrival is heralded by the urgent click-clack of heels down the hallway.

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  • So, instead of spending three hours in a single restaurant, I continue to roam, nibbling at glimpses of the moon between the pachinko parlours, the click-clack of high-heels down an alleyway towards Kiyamachi, the way the couples still sit at decorous intervals along the riverbank, formal as courtiers, even if talking of that wild night in Waikiki.

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  • The resignation comes on the heels of his stepping down from News Corp.

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  • The idea, apparently, is that lower prices will encourage elegant ladies to sport a chignon one week and a beehive the next, while those down at the heels might decide to have their shoes repaired more frequently.

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  • Sartana walks down the hallway, high heels clip-clopping.

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  • From here, it is a short stroll to bohemian-loving eating and drinking spots like Bar do Mineiro, a down-at-the-heels local favourite that serves classic Brazilian bistro fare.

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  • With their inflexibility, cushioning, and raised heels, they almost force you to crash down on your heel and send the impact of all your weight in every step straight into your knees and hips.

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  • Last Oct. 23 Vital's boss, Donald Podrebarac , stepped up to the podium at the Friars Club, that wood-paneled, down-at-the-heels Manhattan townhouse where hall-of-fame comedians like David Letterman and Jerry Seinfeld subject fellow Friars to howlingly funny roasts.

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  • His boots are worn down so much that he no longer has heels on his shoe.

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  • Wearing her trademark high heels and lab coat, she helps patients and guests track down lost articles.

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  • Mr. KEROUAC: Dean stood in front of him, oblivious to everything else in the world, with his head bowed, his hand socking in together, his whole body jumping on his heels and the sweat, and always sweat was pouring and splashing down his tormented neck to literally lie in a pool at his feet.

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  • Her fashion picks range from heirloom jewelry, "things that are handed down for generations are always the most interesting, " sky-high heels and streamlined accessories.

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  • Also, sentiment is muted, gas prices are coming down and the twin terrors of Jobs and Housing are not the Achilles heels they once were.

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  • Bale was the next to make inroads down the left wing, and striker Sam Vokes was caught slightly on his heels as the Spurs wing-back fired a dangerous low cross across the face of the goal.

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  • The move follows hard on the heels of attempts at the Karachi Stock Exchange - the country's premier share market - to slap down "wildcat" speculative trading in favour of more long-term investment.

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  • Zegerman turned in time to catch a glimpse of the departing girl, who fled down the same stairs as the delivery boy while quickly buttoning her blouse, carrying her silver heels in one hand.

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  • With hailstones battering down in the closing stages, the visitors were reduced to 10 men as Hay cynically clipped the heels of Humphrey.

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  • This time around fearful consumers are already head over heels in debt, wiser regarding the temporary illusion of good times financed by borrowing, and determined to pay down debt and save rather than spend.

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  • This comes on the heels of a recent directive by President Barack Obama that the Agency delay issuing standards for ozone that would have shut down many of these plants.

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