Word: leatherizing
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...Commons, to replace the one lost by bombs May 10, 1941; one with bigger galleries for press and public, better ventilation, modern lavatories. But not another shape or a bigger floor. The century-old, oblong (75 ft. by 45 ft.) hall with its high ceiling, oak paneling and green, leather-covered facing benches accommodated 476 of the 615 members, and in the Prime Minister's view that was just right...
Churchill glanced around the gilded, be-statued House of Lords, with its bright red leather benches for 742 peers, where the House of Commons now sits.* The Prime Minister, an M.P. for 41 of the last 43 years, concluded thoughtfully: 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam; be it ever so humble, there's no place like home...
...discontent arrayed against the nationalists is as yet cross-purposed, unorganized, lacking in effective leadership. Another advantage for the Government: neutral Argentina is riding a wave of prosperity; with beef, wheat and leather selling fast to combatants abroad, with home industries expanding, popular unrest has no immediate economic roots...
With a primary purpose of making the University's rare books "earn their keep" by exhibition to the public eye, Widener, Jr., otherwise known as the Houghton Library, was completed less than two years ago. Formerly the ancient manuscripts and priceless leather-bound and gold-stamped volumes had been stored in the deepest dungeons of neighboring Widener...
...citizens hear lesser matters, too, from five microphones slung above the House's black-leather settees-an occasional barroom pun, laments upon a Representative's hangover, etc. The Speaker of the House censors all speeches for military security with a push button at his right hand. Orators can tell how they are doing by watching the colored lights above his desk. Red means "fine." White means the mike is dead...