Word: leatherizing
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Early in the summer of 1947, some bedouin goatherds came upon several manuscripts in a care near the Dead Sea. They had been preserved in leather wrappings, and were kept in jars. It was an ancient Hebrew custom to bury documents in this manner when they were threatened with destruction...
Just the other day two decidedly unathletic students strode into the Varsity Club, turned on the battered old television set, settled into the comfortable leather chairs, and contentedly watched the shows. After a couple of hours they left without having seen a single Varsity Club member...
...Presented George Marshall with the black leather chair he had used as Secretary of both State and Defense, and, Harry Truman hinted, might have to use again...
...company was first in the game with a rubber basketball and softball, also began to make rubber footballs as far back as 1937. Other companies put them out also, and 30% of football sales last year were rubber balls. But the rubber footballs weren't considered up to leather ones, and were used mainly for practice...
President Willard D. Voit thinks his football is better than a leather one, in every way. On wet days, it won't soak up water, is as easy to kick, pass and catch wet as dry. It is also slightly cheaper than the leather...