Tom Oswald, owner of West Point Shoe Outlet, said last year was his best year ever.

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But he also has said that the United States would be able to take steps if Tehran were to attempt to block the Strait of Hormuz, the outlet of the Persian Gulf and a choke point for much of the world's oil.

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Thanks to emerging power-outlet technology, though, this may soon be a moot point.

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My point is, every time we drove through Kittery, Maine, I walked into the Columbia outlet looking to buy a pair of gloves.

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