Word: leatherizing
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...skipper aboard their ship. He was greeted by a raffish crew of about 70 young Chinese in faded khaki and peaked military caps, and with Colt revolvers, Mauser automatics and bandoleers. Their leader, a slim, handsome man whose badge of office appeared to be a pair of brown leather gloves, made a short speech. Money, said he. Stanton was ordered to send his lifeboat back to the Wing Sang, to pick up $10.000 in ransom, and a passenger or two as hostages...
...boss's daughter to come out of the house so he could drop her a love letter? Euclides got mad. Fed up with all flat-hatters, he rushed from the barn. Next time the plane came round for a low, slow buzz, he swung his trusty leather laço-and lassoed the plane's propeller...
...Manhattan's 26 Broadway, citadel of the old Standard Oil Trust until its dissolution in 1911, the directors of Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. last week trooped into their paneled meeting room, eased into leather chairs beneath John D. Rockefeller's portrait and listened to a report of Socony-Vacuum's 1951 profits that would have amazed old John...
...Leather chairs, paintings, and drapes with a wine bottle motif, suggested small-scale cocktail parties for Parlor B, and not the official headquarters of the Massachusetts Committee for Taft. On the center hors d'hoeuvres table, were pamphlets telling why "Bob Taft is the GOP's best bet for '52." The pamphlets, a poster of a grinning baby elephant on the wall, a filing cabinet, and Taft-for-President buttons on every lapel signaled the switch from cocktails to politics...
...under the same period last year, when there was still some Korean war scare buying. The wholesale price index was 3% under a year ago, and just about at the low point for the last twelve months. The drop has already been reflected in retail price cuts in textiles, leather goods and furniture. By spring, other retail prices, which normally lag several months behind, may be down...