1.   Shoe makers aggravate the situation by not agreeing on uniform sizes.

2.   One, apprenticed to a shoe maker, recalled not a cruel master but a mistress who turned him into a household drudge.

3.   Among the stocks that may gain today are athletic shoe maker Nike Inc.

4.   Athletic shoe maker Puma AG has enlisted a top Hollywood film producer to help it sell more sneakers in the United States.

5.   If the marketing expert succeeds, he could eventually end up with the top job at the parent company, which trails only Nike among athletic shoe makers.

6.   K-Swiss, the athletic shoe maker, was getting run over on Wall Street Friday.

7.   Nike, the athletic shoe maker based in Beaverton, Ore., uses the Compuserve network to communicate with its salespeople in the field.

8.   Sanborn in recent months added Nike Inc. to his portfolio, and the athletic shoe maker is now his third-largest holding.

9.   Shares of other shoe makers fell as well.

10.   Sportswear giant Adidas is battling San Mateo athletic shoe maker A.D.