Geta

The book is set on an arid planet called Geta, which is marginally supportive of human life.

It's incredible, it brings out the animal in me Tripp 2007

The book is set on an arid planet called Geta, which is marginally supportive of human life.

Archive 2007-02-01 Tripp 2007

Some marks of Geta’s consecration are still found upon medals.] † The favorable judgment which history has given of Geta is not founded solely on a feeling of pity; it is supported by the testimony of contemporary historians: he was too fond of the pleasures of the table, and showed great mistrust of his brother; but he was humane, well instructed; he often endeavored to mitigate the rigorous decrees of

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

A New York Times article "Japanese Women: From 'Geta' to Platform Shoes" reports on the incidental trend of platform shoes in 1974 Japan: "... that balancing skill is now for sandals up to five inches thick and is as essential here to the popular mini-length skirts as the geta are to the kimono."

theartblog 2008

I'd love to say that the high heel was a male contrivance created to constrict and oppress womankind; in fact, for quite some time, heels were worn by both sexes—notably Egyptian butchers, the Romans and today, still, the Japanese, in the form of Geta flip flops, and Hollywood's short leading men, in the form of "lifts."

The Higher the Heel, the Harder the Fall Tina Gaudoin 2011

Other rediscoveries include Geta Brătescu, an 85-year-old Romanian artist who makes geometric collages from rags, and Turkish photographer Yçldçz Moran Arun, deemed a maverick in the 1960s because she crisscrossed the country documenting the lives of women at a time when few local women traveled solo.

Istanbul Rising 2011

(See Happy Geta Feet – Japanese tap dancing video from previous post)

Happy Sneaker Feet – De Keersmaeker and Derbyshire 2008

The focus of his antipathy now switched to another target, his younger brother Geta, with whom he became co-consul in 205.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

This advertised the promotion of Geta to the rank of Augustus alongside his brother.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

(See Happy Geta Feet – Japanese tap dancing video from previous post)

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