Word: leatherizing
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...began again in the afternoon, talking as we worked, but not stopping. Once in a while one of the men paused to spit on his hands, or to push the black mud off his hoe with his bare foot. We never wore our leather sandals while working. Sometimes we would hoe over an ant hill, and the small black ants would nibble at our feet...
...toned Cadillac purred to a stop on a sleazy block of Manhattan's West 45th Street. Out climbed a distinguished-looking, grey-haired man. He negotiated the litter-strewn sidewalk, threaded his way through a scattering of post-teen wenches in black leather jackets and boys with duck-tailed haircuts. For a moment, he stared dubiously at a hole-in-the-wall honky-tonk called the Peppermint Lounge, then rushed back to the waiting limousine burbling, "This is the place!" Quickly, two men and three women got out and gingerly followed their scout past the long, noisy bar into...
...standard of workmanship. Each car is checked 47 times during its production. Sir William prowls the plant each workday for at least an hour, often singles out one car for a minute personal inspection. He has turned cars back for no greater fault than a slight wrinkle in the leather upholstery. To reduce costly model changeovers, he aims for car designs that will not be quickly dated, makes certain a car is engineered to last...
...Senators," he sometimes said. "I love the House." It was a love that stretched back to early boyhood. As a suntanned youngster in Bonham, Texas, he peeped under the flap of a fairground tent and, with thumping heart, listened to the thunderations of Joe Bailey, a hell-for-leather Congressman. That did it. Later, Sam confided his ambitions to a brother: "I'm going to make a lawyer and go to Congress...
...European consumer. Paris' Galeries Lafayette, biggest department store in France, in 1957 imported only 1% of its goods. Today its counters sag with Italian clothes, furniture and glassware, German linen, leather goods and housewares, Dutch clothing and pottery-and some 8% of its sales are imported goods. Thanks to reduced tariffs, Dutch blouses that in 1958 sold for $10 now sell for $2.50, are one of the bestselling items in the store. A 1958 French refrigerator sold for $187. Today the same French company, under pressure from German competition, sells a larger and better refrigerator for only $120. "Before...