Word: leatherizing
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...hair is markedly greyer. Johnson's demeanor-in public, at least-has become noticeably more restrained, more responsive to the image of his office. Yet, an erect 6 ft. 3 in., he still exudes irrepressibly the hill-countryman's crackling vitality; his pace is still hell-for-leather, his self-confidence as massive as ever. When asked by an aide how he felt about the job last week, Lyndon replied buoyantly: "I have no regrets. I'm very happy. I'm very proud. I'm very pleased...
...birthday cake decorated at Lady Bird's request with small frosting-symbols of Johnson legislation passed by Congress (a hypodermic syringe for medicare, a schoolhouse for aid to education). His presents were strictly for the Man Who Has Everything. Lady Bird's offerings: a leather-bound chronicle of the L.B.J. Ranch since 1845; a cowhide portfolio containing a newspaper account of a 1918 visit to Fredericksburg, Va., by Lyndon's father; and a four-foot-high street-refuse bin decorated with photographs of Lady Bird's various trips around the country to encourage roadside-beautification projects...
Backs to the Sea. The marines' object was to trap the enemy between the river (see map) and the sea, and they used every trick in the book to pull it off. One company of leather necks crossed the river in LTVs to form a blocking force from the north.Two more companies made an amphibious landing on the peninsula'ssouthern most coast, blocking off the south. At the same time, three other companies were landed by helicopter in paddy-fields at the back of the peninsula to the west. With their backs to the sea, the Viet Cong...
...seamen have already suffered a $5.5 million wage loss. More than 15,000 travelers have had to change their plans because of canceled sailings. At least $200 million in cargo has been delayed, some of it fatally: $400,000 worth of Ecuadorian bananas have rotted in holds. A leather importer from Philadelphia faces bankruptcy because he has been unable to meet his commitments to local shoe manufacturers, and some Manhattan antique stores fear that the delicate finish of such antiques as Queen Anne tables and Chippendale chairs will be spoiled in the holds...
Though Wieland is still considered an "irreverent traitor" by oldtimers, he is venerated by all who work for him. Says Contralto Lili Chookasian, who sang Erda in Rheingold: "I would do anything for him. Why, I even took a curtain call wearing that black leather costume that opened up to display two enormous leather breasts with threeinch nipples. And I didn't even blush...