Word: leatherizing
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Desperate Move. He generally goes around in a tieless flannel shirt, stovepipe trousers that somehow bag at the knees, a moldy, fur-lined leather coat ("I shot it myself"), and a workingman's cloth cap. But he wears a suit and tie to restaurants, so that he will not "have to perform as a rebel, put my feet on the table or something that would interfere with my eating." He simply fears "claustrophobia of the soul" (which may have helped cause him to separate from his wife, Actress Jane Wenham), thinks that too many British actors are preoccupied with...
...half the collection consists ", which means any not quite parodic that considered amusing enough . Housman's attack on his ' translations of drama is here, ("O suitably -in-leather boots/Head of a , wherefore seeking whom/ce by what way how purposed come/To this well-night- vicinity?") as well as most "Oxen of the Sun" Ulysses, a parodic history English literature. Even "The Address in " finds a way into these with a genuine Ike speech as " to make sure the point...
...night of the meet. Wilma changed into her track suit in her hotel, pulled on a white leather coat, and tiptoed through the mounting snow of a blizzard while Temple vainly flagged the empty cabs that cruised blandly by. Worse yet. when she did reach the Garden the guards refused to let her in the nearest entrance, brusquely directed her to a door a block away...
From his trade Gammarelli earns a comfortable living. But his real reward comes from the praise of his customers. He treasures a leather-bound volume, prefaced with an autographed picture of Pope John, which reads like a Who's Who of the Roman Catholic hierarchy. One of his favorite endorsements came from a Texas bishop, who wrote simply: "We Texans like to deal with people who know their business...
...concentrate on their ritual of making relaxing small talk. But the Black Hawks can seldom find anything helpful to say to the wiry, whisper-voiced man whose square face is delicately crosshatched with scars. Sitting alone, Goalie Glenn Hall, 29, slowly straps on his 40 Ibs. of dark-brown leather pads and fights his regular pre-game battle with his nerves. Great drops of sweat roll down his cheeks, his chest heaves convulsively, and he may vomit. Says Hall: "There have been nights when I almost wished I was hurt so I didn't have...