These are the shoe of choice for those on their feet all day, including doctors, nurses, cashiers and food service workers, who appreciate the anatomically contoured and cushioned footbed, arch support and shock absorption, with just enough style.

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And as the UK's debt problem will take longer to get under control, there will be a deterioration of the country's "shock-absorption capacity".

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