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THIS IS WHERE I work: the kind of sneaker store that stocks shoes with the names of famous American rappers or athletes. The kind of sneaker store with plywood everywhere and hip-hop and young staff who look like customers except for their fluoro lanyards. 

Tomorrow a famous American basketballer will drop his new line of shoes. 

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Michelle See-Tho

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