The lead author of the research says he does not know if the shoe was made for a man or a woman.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

He wrote: For want of a nail, the shoe is lost For want of a shoe, the horse is lost For want of a horse, the rider is lost.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

"We cannot say subsidies but we call it machinery restructuring, because as you know the machinery for the shoe is already 20-years-old."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

It so happens that the skin is very valuable for the shoe industries in Italy, for example.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31