Word: leatherizing
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...game of attempting to categorize the "Nixon style" goes on. Permit me to suggest that Mr. Nixon is, above all, tough-minded. The nation has never been more ready for such a quality of mind. Toughness, by definition, is like leather-durable, flexible, dynamic, and should in no sense be equated with hardness-inflexible, brittle and weak. Our new President will need-and possesses-firmness, judgment, commitment, compassion and dedication. History, of course, will make the ultimate judgment. I believe that the times demand these qualities and that President Nixon will demonstrate them...
Sure enough, the kids came as they were - in leather ponchos, chains, boots, olive-drab Army overcoats and lots of long hair. They ganged up at the box of fice just before concert time and gave Lincoln Center's Great Performers series its best one-day sale of the season...
Most of the products are made in the country where sold, primarily to avoid import duties. An aide handles administrative details while Cardin-often dressed in a white turtleneck sweater, black felt tunic and wide leather belt-creates. He designs all Cardin-labeled clothing but not all of the accessories, though they have his "approval." His prices run about one-fifth as high as the originals; among the copies, men's suits sell for $175 and up, belts for $10 to $25 and shirts...
...rising educational levels and its fascination with installment-plan buying. They brought out high-quality serializations of The Divine Comedy, the Bible and other works, now sell more than 1,000,000 copies a week on Italian newsstands. Italian designers are famed for what they do with silks and leather, and their fashions are in high demand. French, Dutch and Belgian appliance firms have been unable to compete with lower-priced Italian refrigerators and washing machines. Italian construction combines outbid competitors for huge jobs in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Says a Milan-based builder: "Being...
...anything from velvet slacks (Magnelli) and collarless tweed jackets (Hartung) to felt capes (Alfred Manessier) and black leather suits (Campigli...