Word: leatherizing
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...extremity of his suffering, starving man has tried to fill his empty belly with water, snow, wood, bark, leather, clay and even manure. Often these drastic fillers are tried when human flesh is available. "There are few acts so basically revolting as cannibalism," say Dr. Keys and his associates. "However, to eat the bodies of the dead may not seem an unreasonable last resort to save the living. Surprisingly, the practice is never very common...
Zanuck's leather-lunged chatter during a conference rambles almost as much as his footsteps, and the sessions usually last about 2½ hours. It is Scenario Coordinator Mollie Mandaville'si vital job to take down the jumble of words and translate them into a tight, coherent account that will reach the participants' desks the next morning so that they will know precisely what the boss said. Zanuck is annoyed if a new writer puts some of his ad-libbed dialogue into the script. He thinks in pictorial terms, does not fancy himself as a dialogue writer...
Traditional buckskins are adequate, but they are hot, and rubber soles do not make for comfortable long-distance hiking. Loafers and sneakers are cool, but rough on feet. Old leather shoes are best...
...producers of this picture were especially fortunate in getting Chief Thundercloud to head their Injun band. This leather-faced gentleman reveals all the majesty of the old Indian chieftains, and is excellent except for his Chinese accent. Also noteworthy are the amazing number of people picked off while on horseback...
...more unions-the Marine Cooks and Stewards and the Fishermen & Allied Workers were scheduled for hearings this week. The Fur & Leather Workers would get the business in June-so would the United Furniture Workers unless a right-wing faction was successful in gaining control. After that the C.I.O. would be able to boast that it had done almost everything to preserve the "basic American trade union objectives" except to order George M. Cohan music on its picket lines...