Word: leatherizing
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...this juncture the pundits have pretty much had their say. From now on until the Republican nominee is chosen, 'the journalist's job is not only to record the events that occur but also to tell how they came about. That takes considerable doing-and shoe leather, for which, as in the case of good detective work, there is sometimes no substitute...
...midst of wealthy suburban Wallingford (twelve miles southwest of Philadelphia), is a long way in time & space from the Lancashire hill where Fox saw his vision of the future Religious Society of Friends. The gently rugged founder of Quakerism, known to his age as "the man in the leather breeches," might have found Pendle Hill's four spacious stone houses, its 15 acres of trees, lawns and gardens strangely remote from the round of jails, beatings and death which was the regular portion of early Quakers. The testimonies of Pendle Hill's morning meetings for worship might have...
Pressure Area. Moreover, there were signs that De Gaulle was stepping up his campaign for new elections. The general spent most of the week closeted with aides. While bodyguards-husky youths in gaudy sweaters or black leather jackets -lounged outside the building, De Gaulle issued peremptory orders...
...British manufacturers as to what questions should be asked, we designed a questionnaire to cover ten of the most important categories of British consumer exports to the U.S.: woolens, silverware & cutlery, men's shoes, china & glassware, linens, bicycles & sporting goods, men's furnishings, knitwear, perambulators & toys, leather goods...
...firm, had come back to the university and asked permission to live there. President Ruthven saw no reason not to grant the old grad's wish. A bachelor in his 70s, Crapo lived in one room at the Student Union, and spent most of the day in a leather chair in the lobby, buried behind his New York Times...