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Along one wall, other ramps on hydraulics can be raised and lowered to test a sole's grip.

Vibram Gains Foothold in China Emily Veach 2011

Photos Emily Veach/The Wall Street Journal One of the tests involves romping around in a pit of mud before climbing one of the many surfaces on ramps and hydraulic lifts, in order to determine a sole's self-cleaning properties.

Vibram Gains Foothold in China Emily Veach 2011

I remember that a young Hispanic or Puerto Rican man wearing what looked to be a type of tight black hairnet was interviewed while holding my father's right shoe, a tasseled Florsheim loafer, of which the toe portion and welt were so abraded by the platform's cement that the sole's front portion had detached and was hanging loose, and that the man could not recall how he'd come to be holding it.

The Pale King 2011

Traditional midsoles -- the sole's middle layer -- are made of a chemical compound that might last as long as 1,000 years in a landfill.

The Latest Buzz on... 2009

Arrange your stitches evenly on two needles, with top of foot's 24 sts on one needle (needle A), and sole's 26 sts on the other (needle B).

Scar: Pattern for Sock Wars II 2007

First, for -- but, "our _sole's_ in arms and eager for the fray," and so we will at once head our dissertation as we would a warrior's host with

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 Various

A sole's eye (or is it a sand-dab's?) travels up round its head regardless of appearances when it finds it is more wanted there than on the lower side.

Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Mary Cholmondeley 1892

Again, we observed him, with terror, to be much overcome by our sole's being aired in a temporary retreat close to him, while the waiter went out

The Uncommercial Traveller 1861

Again, we observed him, with terror, to be much overcome by our sole's being aired in a temporary retreat close to him, while the waiter went out (as we conceived) to see his friends.

The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens 1841

Ads for Reebok's toning shoes boasted lab tests had proved the sole's special design would help lead to a more perfect body.

ABC News: Top Stories 2011