31. I could have had my shoes shined and gone into a private cosmetics room for a free makeover. 32. I shined shoes as a kid. 33. In a plaza where Sosa once shined shoes and washed cars, shoes were being shined and cars were being washed. 34. In every sighting of Joe DiMaggio, he is well-dressed, natty and dapper, coat and tie, shoes shined. 35. In this city that spawned spit-shined gangsters as well as politicians, shining shoes is age old. 36. In the cities they shine shoes and do other odd jobs. 37. It used to be that up and down big-city or small-town streets across America, a young man could earn a few dollars shining shoes. 38. Joe Samuels is a young black man who shines shoes during the day and at night is beset by dreams of death at the hands of Klansmen. 39. James Brown shined shoes, danced for pennies on the streets and sometimes had to search through garbage cans for food. 40. Keep your shoes shined. |