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The Paris point is a unit of length defined as ? of a centimetre (6.6 mm or ~0.26 in). It is commonly used as shoe sizes in Continental Europe.

The measured width is assigned a letter (or combination of letters), which is taken from a table (indexed to length and width) or just assigned on an ad-hoc basis: Examples include (each starting with the narrowest width): A, B, C, D, E, EE, EEE, EEEE, F, G (typical North American system; medium being D) 4A, 3A, 2A, A, B, C, D, E, 2E, 3E, 4E, 5E, 6E (variant North American) C, D, E, F, G, H.

(Common "medium" is usually F, but varies by manufacturer—makers Edward Green and Crockett & Jones, among others, use E instead) N (narrow), M (medium) or R (regular), W (wide) The width for which these sizes are suitable can vary significantly between manufacturers. The A-E width indicators used by most American & Canadian and some British shoe manufacturers are typically based on the width of the foot, and common step sizes are 3/16 of an inch. 

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When Nike’s own employees think of their company, they think of a retired university track coach, an Olympic runner whose career ended tragically in a 1975 car crash, and a so-so athlete whose achievements as an entrepreneur far outpaced his accomplishments as a runner.

Most people have heard of Nike CEO Phil Knight, a middle-distance runner who turned selling shoes out of his car into a footwear-and-apparel colossus. But few know of Nike cofounder Bill Bowerman, Knight’s coach, or of Steve Prefontaine, the now-deceased runner who was also coached by Bowerman and whose crusade for better equipment inspired Bowerman and Knight to build the Nike empire.

When Nike’s leaders tell the story of how Coach Bowerman, after deciding that his team needed better running shoes, went out to his workshop and poured rubber into the family waffle iron, they’re not just talking about how Nike’s famous “waffle sole” was born. They’re talking about the spirit of innovation.

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