With hard times in mind, she put a dancing shoe in the window along with a CD of gospel music for good luck and to tell onlookers something about herself.

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But a weaker U.S. economy and a slide in global confidence has put the shoe on the other foot with dealers fully expecting the central bank to move towards easing.

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With a fired-up team possessing a fresh set of downs inside the red zone, the bears looked like a shoe-in to put the ball in the end zone in the early going Monday and to effectively break the game wide open.

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Hobsons shoe shop on the Strand in Derby has put a display with five coloured rings in its window.

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As I don't wear hats, I lined a shoe box with parchment paper, poured in the batter, and put everything in the oven.

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The archaeologists put the shoe's remarkable preservation down to the stable, cool and dry conditions in the cave and the fact that the floor of the cave was covered by a thick layer of sheep dung.

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