Word: leatherizing
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...climbed the hillock toward the swallow's nest of trenches and light fortifications where Kochetkov and his men lay. The Guardsmen had only rifles and hand grenades. Kochetkov was wounded. His Guardsmen spoke briefly to him, and he to them. Four of them fastened grenades to their thick leather belts. Each of the four chose a tank, ran down the hill, and dived headlong. Eight tanks were left. Six of the eight tanks turned and retreated. The two others crawled on toward the Guardsmen's nest. By then only Kochetkov and three Guardsmen were alive. The three soldiers...
...smoke which rose over Stalingrad during three Five-Year Plans that changed a country town into a modern city, that upped its population from 150,000 to 500,000. From the great tractor plant on Stalingrad's northern outskirts to the metallurgical works on the southwest, chemical, machinery, leather, oil and many other industrial plants were scattered through the city. Most of them were turned to war production, so that when the battle neared Stalingrad tanks rolled from factory to front. Interspersed among the factories were workers' housing developments, many gardens, miles of parks...
...windproof cigaret lighter gets a swell rating from 55% of the Army and 63% of the Navy (but fluid is not mailable). Other favorites: cigarets, leather wallets with insignia on them, pen & pencil sets, stationery, polarized sun glasses. The boys even want shoe brushes and razor-blade sharpeners. Special Army favorites: good regulation shirts and socks and extra government issue caps (of the right branch). But as Army and Navy provide full outfits for all except officers it is better not to send clothes unless specifically requested...
...artistic import, plans to get himself a little studio, paint "if I can get a new idea." Meantime he is working on his "Monograph." It consists of a collection in cardboard boxes of reproductions of his works since 1910. Eventually he intends to bind the boxes in beautiful leather cases...
...same operation is repeated on the other side of the arm. After the canals heal, an ivory peg is inserted in each one, and the patient practices moving these pegs with the stump muscles. Later on, a special artificial arm, made of many interacting levers and joints enclosed in leather, is fitted to the ivory pegs...