Word: leatherizing
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...hawk arrived in a sack from Germany, White caught him by the leather jesses tied to his feet, and set him on his gloved fist. "For an instant he stared upon me with a mad, marigold or dandelion eye, all his plumage flat to the body and his head crouched like a snake's in fear or hatred, then bated wildly from the fist." Upside down he hung, by his jesses, screaming his rage...
...stare at the hawk until he was only a few inches away. The next step was to fly Gos against live game. But the end came suddenly. Gos flew to the end of his creance, snapped it, and soared free as the day he was born-except for a leather leash tying his legs. White chased him in vain. For three days Gos soared overhead in tremendous circuits of exultation. Then he flew away...
...course was swell. A ski tip caught one of the flag-decked course markers. She spun around, tumbled on her side. Then, to the cheers of the crowd, she bounced up, took five quick climbing steps to make sure she was through the "gate," and set off hell-for-leather for the finish. The spill had cost her at least three precious seconds, but when the first heat results were compiled, Andy was in fourth place. Dave, his brows puckered with worry, left Andy alone: "She knows she's behind, and she knows how to fight...
...become violently sick at his stomach from seeing the real thing. The Wing Sang's agents, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., promised to repay the passengers who had chipped in ransom money. British, U.S. and Chinese Nationalist ships kept a lookout for a handsome buccaneer, wearing brown leather gloves and a gold wristwatch, who made short speeches...
...small office in Sears' block-long home in Chicago, which, in 1905, when it was opened, was the "world's largest office building." Wood still uses the same walnut desk that Rosenwald used, sits in the same leather chair, keeps extra papers in another traditional rolltop desk in the corner. But there is nothing old-fashioned about Wood's business philosophy; he runs Sears "in terms of the democratic spirit." Says Wood: "We put our faith in men, not systems. I like to let a man learn by making a few mistakes, as long as they...