He was a big man, wearing a neat flannel shirt against the cold foothill air.

She was wearing nothing beneath the coat.

A little man with a `` a dark copper color '' skin, he was wearing `` calico trousers and a white cotton short gown ''.

United States Senator Royal S. Copeland was wearing the robes of Santa Claus and a great white beard ; ;

Upon a visit to a local junior college last week, I was shocked to see the young ladies wearing short shorts and the young men wearing Bermuda shorts.

The door was answered by a slender man in his sixties -- straight-backed, somewhat clerical in manner, wearing rimless glasses.

The doctor was wearing a long New England greatcoat, hardly necessary in the June weather but a garment which proved well adapted to the sequestration of hens.

She was wearing her dark hair in two, thick braids to attain an `` American Girl '' effect she thought was appropriate to Halloween.

She it was who had looked to see if I was wearing shoes upon learning that I couldn't drive.

His eyes had the same dreadful rigid stare as Dr. Grimesby Roylott's when he was found before his open safe wearing the speckled band.

Another frequent pioneer difficulty, caused by wearing rough and heavy shoes and boots, was corns.

Dean Thaddeus Seymour, wearing ski clothes, was crowning a beauteous damsel queen of the Carnival.

If Felix was still wearing the hat and carrying the horn because he'd forgotten about them, he now remembered.

She was wearing a brown cotton dress, cut across the hips in a way that was supposed to make her look slimmer, a yoke set into the skirt and flaring pleats below.

This was the same, except that it was the murder of one man by two men and neither of us was wearing gloves.

Eugenia hated being cold worse than anything, and she was beginning to find the joys of poverty wearing thin.

The night we first met, at one of Mrs. Monmouth's giant parties, he was wearing a brown cashmere jacket with silver buttons and a soft pink Viyella shirt ; ;

She was wearing some sort of gray blazer.

* Professional basketball players Steve Nash ( who was an award winning player " MP3 " according to Ali G and unable to speak proper English due to being Canadian ), Ben Wallace ( who he accuses of " playa-hating "), Shaquille O ' Neal ( who he argued with about the meaning of the NBA, Ali thinking it stood for Nationwide Basketball Society ), Tim Duncan ( from whom tried to get a pair of free sneakers ), Robert Horry, Dwyane Wade ( who he didn't realise was an NBA player, claiming he had snuck in to " hang with mah man Shaquille O ' Neal "), Richard Jefferson ( whom he called Thomas Jefferson his son ), Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller

I was at a garage sale, and this old couple sold me a used pair of sneakers they claimed belonged to Jerry Seinfeld, the comedian.

The next day, Calvin obtains a pair of old Nike Blazers sneakers from a Salvation Army thrift store that had reportedly been used by a great basketball player, when he was a boy.

It was noticeable enough that the band was approached by the Converse sneaker company to promote their new line of Chuck Taylor sneakers.

Nielsen's use of the black and white checkerboard motif on his clothing was in line with the use in other parts of pop culture, including Checkerboard Vans sneakers, that feature in the 1982 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

When arrested, he was clean-shaven, with a trimmed mustache, and wearing new sneakers.

This way, Chiquita was able to brand bananas, Starbucks could brand coffee, and Nike could brand sneakers.

*' Shopping G-Point ' ( 購物G點 ) was first issued with the 125th issue in conjunction with ' G-Point Price '( G點價 ), which provided discounts for readers buying trendy clothes, sneakers and accessiories.

*' Sneakers '( 波鞋王 ) was first issued with the 317th issue, and introduced trends, design, brands and the price of sneakers.

However, the word was in use at least as early as 1887, as the Boston Journal of Education made reference to " sneakers " as " the name boys give to tennis shoes ".

At first, the market for sneakers was small and practically invisible, but after World War I, the U. S. turned to sports and athletes as a way to demonstrate moral fiber and patriotism.

In subsequent decades, with the widespread popularity of sneakers and other types of indoors-only shoes, the practice of removing shoes was dropped and the term began to be applied more generally to any informal high school dance.

While a wide variety of styles were popular during this period, including boots, espadrilles, oxfords, sneakers, and sandals of all description, with soles made of wood, cork, or synthetic materials, the most popular style of the late 1960s and early 1970s was a simple quarter-strap sandal with tan water buffalo-hide straps, on a beige suede-wrapped cork wedge-heel platform sole.

As the fad progressed, manufacturers like Candie's stretched the envelope of what was considered too outrageous to wear, while others, like Famolare and Cherokee of California, introduced " comfort " platforms, designed to combine the added height of platforms with the support and comfort of sneakers, or even orthopedic shoes, and by the time the fad finally fizzled in the late 1980s, girls and women of all ages were wearing them.

He was involved in controversy for receiving a second pair of sneakers at the camp because he was suspected of stealing them.

After being prompted to scratch and sniff the bouquet of flowers, a quick swap was made substituting old ratty sneakers, resulting in a joke on the audience.

James suffered from flat feet, so while other Marines were required to wear boots, he was allowed to wear sneakers.

In the 1980s, Payless was widely known in the U. S. for its Pro Wings line of discount sneakers, which often had Velcro straps instead of laces.

Super Chicken's sidekick Fred was relatively untouched, except that instead of sneakers, he wore black boots.

Afterwards, Harley spotted Zach ’ s new sneakers and the boy was forced to admit they came from Phillip.

He was portrayed as snobby in the novel, and wore rich people clothes, Slip-on sneakers, converse low-tops, slip-on converse, and canvas Boat shoes is what he wears throughout the books, also he wore water shoes for when going in the water and getting to the raft.

The girl took a couple of steps toward the man in shorts when Benson, in that barefoot courtliness Ramey could never decide was real, said, `` You don't want to go around there, Ma'am ''.

Instantaneously he would have won an immeasurable moral victory, for if she picked up, say, a pair of her panties, she might just as well lift his shorts lying alongside -- the expenditure of energy was almost the same.

The next morning, while Dolores was out of the room, he went to her bureau drawer, took out a pair of nylon lace pants, and tenderly dropped them next to his shorts.

Ajax originally played in an all black uniform with a red sash tied around the players ' waists, but that uniform was soon replaced by a red / white striped shirt and black shorts.

The result was a jersey in thick red, white and blue hoops, worn above white shorts and dark socks.

The shorts remained blue, as did the socks although a white flash was added to the latter.

A return to New Zealand was accompanied by a desire to avoid the controversy of 1930 and so red replaced blue for the jersey with the resultant kit being that which is still worn today, the combination of red jersey, white shorts and green and blue socks, representing the four unions.

Since the shorts were produced during the rise of film noir in cinema, the change was usually represented as a stylized sequence: Clark Kent's silhouette is clearly seen behind a closed door's pebble glass window ( or a shadow thrown across a wall ) as he strips to his Superman costume.

Charles Martin " Chuck " Jones ( September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002 ) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio.

Jones also produced the 1979 film The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie which was a compilation of Jones ' best theatrical shorts ; Jones produced new Road Runner shorts for The Electric Company series and Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales ( 1979 ), and even newer shorts were made for Bugs Bunny's Bustin ' Out All Over ( 1980 ).

In 1996, England's away kit was changed to grey shirts, shorts and socks.

One of the club's first ever kits was half red, half white shirts with white shorts worn in the 1886 – 7 season.

An all grey kit was introduced in 1987, which was used until the 1991 – 92 centenary season, when it was replaced by a combination of green shirts and white shorts.

" One of these commercials, featuring Mr. T crashing through a wall on the back of a technical vehicle before firing Snickers bars at a speed walker wearing tight-fitting yellow shorts, was pulled by Mars following a complaint by the U. S .- based group Human Rights Campaign, despite the fact that the advert had never been shown outside the U. K.

Sometimes, the efforts go further such as in the lead time to the successful premiere of the film, The Muppets which was preceded by several original film shorts on YouTube over a number of years while the film was in production.

The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with the producer James L. Brooks.

Disney sent an unfinished print to New York distributor Margaret Winkler, who promptly wrote back to him that she was keen on a distribution deal for more live-action / animated shorts based upon Alice's Wonderland.