Word: leatherizing
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...last week's football game between Georgia Tech and L.S.U., the ball looked like any other pigskin.* Only it wasn't leather; it was the first rubber football used in a big-time intercollegiate game...
...clowns, making breath-taking circus catches-and misses, that earned them next-to-last place in the fielding averages. They still struck out with gusto, but someone usually came up with the game-winning hit at the right time. They began running the base paths with a hell-for-leather dash. The pitchers, steadied by Sal Maglie and Larry Jansen (23 victories apiece), settled down to a routine rotation. Shortstop Dark teamed up perfectly with pepperpot Second Baseman Eddie Stanky, gobbled up double-play balls by the drove (team, total...
Americans praised British staff workers, but complained about British caution. They wanted more "hell-for-leather" lunges, George Patton-style. In the event of a Red attack on Germany, argued the British, the NATO troops should roll with the punch, save themselves for the counterattack. One major omission: "Counterthrust" featured no breakthrough and infiltration by "Redland"-favorite Red tactics...
Most of these discussions take place in Hamilton Hall, the small dormitory located to the right of the main Business School courtyard. Hamilton has a pleasant lounge with huge leather chairs and subdued lighting. The room is supposed to make up for the downtown clubs the A.M.P.'s are used to attending and is supposed to serve as an attraction to keep the men around talking to each other...
Most of these discussions take place in Hamilton Hall, the small dormitory located to the right of the main Business School courtyard. Hamilton has a pleasant lounge with huge leather chairs and subdued lighting. The room is supposed to make up for the downtown clubs the A.M.P.'s are used to attending and is supposed to serve as an attraction to keep the men around talking to each other...