Word: leatherizing
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...base in central Japan one day last week, a heavy spring rain swept across the runways and drummed on the roof of a large corrugated metal shed. Inside, the leather-jacketed crews for ten U.S. Air Force B-29s crowded into the briefing room. "Gentlemen," said the major, as he laid his pointer on a ten-foot map of Japan and Korea, "our target for tonight is the rail bridge at Sinhung." Said the captain: "You'll each be carrying forty 500-pound bombs with nose fuses . . . Flak is expected to be meager until the release point...
Corset-like belts emphasize the femininity of the outfits by giving the "waspwaisted" look, Complete with laces and all, these wide accessories are available in leather, straw, and reinforced cotton...
...Permanent Chip. The belligerent Stanky temperament is the result of both heredity and environment. He was born in the workingman's Kensington section of Philadelphia on Sept. 3, 1917, of German-Russian parents. His father, a leather glazer, was a frustrated semi-pro ballplayer. By the time Eddie could sit up, he was rolling a baseball on the floor. His mother recalls a pickup game on a nearby sandlot, when Eddie was still only a shaver. He was the catcher, and, overeager as usual, he crowded so close to the plate that he was knocked cold when the batter...
...probably the most fascinating section in this class deals with works on sadism and masochism in love, most particularly, the art of flagellation. One finds among the volumes discussing this subject "The Strap Returns: New Notes on Flagellation," "Presented in Leather," "A History of the Rod: Flagellation and Flagellants," and "Tender Bottom...
...American," only 36 inches high with the top down. The 18-foot-long car has a 165-horsepower engine with a built-in air scoop in the hood to feed air to the carburetor, and a top speed of 135 m.p.h. Its instrument panel is finished in oyster-white leather, along with leather trim in the steering wheel and door handles. When it goes into limited production next fall, the Pan American will sell for about...