Dictionary definition: Birkenstock

Article: Massachusetts man promotes vegetable oil fuels for autos.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... vehicle on fryer fat is so simple, so amusing really, that it is often dismissed as little more than a novelty for the Birkenstock crowd, an idea that is perhaps reinforced by the company logo: "Drive Vegetarian." The much larger biodiesel industry dismisses ...

Article: SNOW, ICE AND HAIL - BACK IN GOOD OL' DAYS.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  July 24, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... the weather as an act of man, not of God. Just 10 years ago the ozone layer was largely the purview of the tofu-and-Birkenstock crowd. Now scientists who study this stuff say that as sure as the beaches will fill with bodies on the first 100 day, their ...

Article: Dropping a dime on the gulf war
The Boston Globe;  January 23, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Rather than tie up Storrow Drive in protest over the war or join the Birkenstock crowd in Cambridge, I decided to register my opinion by calling the White House complaint line (202-456-1111). The damn thing ...

Article: A WORTHY ALTERNATIVE.(Editorial)(Editorial)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Greater Cincinnati stands up and starts talking about regional transit. The anti-tax dogs out in the suburbs snarl, the Birkenstock crowd applauds and the graybeards allow themselves a wry smile, secure in the knowledge that nothing will come of it. All the ...

Article: Dallas-Area Homeowners Say Solar Energy Curbs Pollution, Saves ...
The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  November 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... have only recently become aware that there are energy options. "Not too long ago, solar was perceived to be part of the Birkenstock crowd," said Brad Collins, executive director of the Colorado-based American Solar Energy Society. "Then, it got a sense ...

Article: You Will Offend Someone Today
Minnesota Monthly;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... and then in journals around the nation, responding disdainfully: "We heard from the print-skirt, gauze-blouse, Birkenstock crowd. There was a petition with a thousand signatures. There was an organized campaign to clog our cell phones. And business ...

Article: The Mail
Minnesota Monthly;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... You Will Offend Someone Today: The Jackass Genius of Phil Roberts" (May) that as I am part of the "gauze shirt and Birkenstock" crowd, neither your magazine nor Mr. Roberts has any interest in my business. That said, I am hoping you will let me explain ...