In the present
down-at-the-heels circumstances of philology, at least in North America, not everyone will follow all of Fulk's arguments, but the attempt will repay the effort.
A History of Old English Meter
The story unfolds in a single day in rural England, where the artist is visiting an old flame and former model, Patricia, who is now the wife and assistant of a
down-at-the-heels archeologist engaged in excavating a medieval garbage pit.
Sight Unseen
Thus the origin of the famous "skid road" (not row," as some urbanites term their
down-at-the-heels areas).
When the bullwhacker reigned supreme
Under his watch, the city transformed from a
down-at-the-heels urban center with a dwindling downtown to an arts and culture hub.
Twice-convicted Buddy Cianci making bid for Providence mayor
In the
down-at-the-heels resort town of Monte Rio, on the banks of the Russian River in California's wine country, is the Bohemian Grove, a 2,700-acre "encampment" that houses the members of the Bohemian Club, founded in 1872 by a bunch of journalists and their friends.
Bohemians in the redwoods
On 26th Street West in Bradenton, a short block north of Cortez Road, look for a
down-at-the-heels strip center anchored at its south end by a diamond in the rough.
Hidden pleasure
The new building also functions as an aspirational object in a
down-at-the-heels part of town: It is intended to represent the possibility of a richer (intellectually or otherwise) life to the adults and children who will use it every day.
A newer Orleans: six proposals
Trains rumble past across the street, and the area of town has at times leaned toward a
down-at-the-heels label.
Violin shop enjoys more elbow room
Yuzhno-Sakalinsk, the dusty,
down-at-the-heels capital of Sakhalin, is like many provincial Russian burgs, punctuated at its center by a pigeon-desecrated statue of Lenin.
The Sakhalin oil boom Part 1: from poverty to prospects: the tiny Russian island needs foreign investment--and Japan needs the oil
"A Window in Novorusiysk" (1988), a scathing protest, offers convergent impressions of a downtrodden city, attempting to hold its civic head high with the memory of an ill-conceived military assault, and the image of a poor,
down-at-the-heels widow who stalks the pier where tourists arrive, not to elicit their pity but to cause embarrassment at her condition.
Black Book of the Endangered Species
In May of 1995, at the nadir of economic collapse sparked by peso devaluation, residents of a
down-at-the-heels Monterey railyard colony stopped a freight train and broke open boxcars filled with imported corn.
Tortilla Wars
This ritual observance is named in honor of a
down-at-the-heels retired New York City policeman, a recovering alcoholic, who is the hero of a series of engaging detective novels by Lawrence Block.
Good-for-nothing Samaritans; charities are as dependent on federal handouts as the worst welfare abuser
In startling contrast, "The Bottom Line and the Sharp End" is a tender reminiscence about a thirty-year relationship between a hard-working, straight-laced hairdresser and a mercurial, often
down-at-the-heels client, a singer named Avril.
Polaris and Other Stories
Down-at-the-heels actress Anna (Sonja Richter) is having no luck finding decent roles, and her more successful friend Olga (Sidse Babett Knudsen) wants her out of the house.
Villa Paranoia