Word: leatherizing
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...despite his title, it is no cocky portrait of 2035 that Author Furnas paints. "We cannot see the goal," he observes, "but we can see the nearer sections of the road leading to it. After all, that is the part that interests us most. . . . We need something better than leather, and a raincoat that lets body moisture out. We need road surfaces that will last at least a century and roofs that will never leak. We need a superconductor for electricity. We need artificial teeth that are as good as natural, . . . paper as permanent as parchment, fabrics and dyes that...
...over Norton of the down river boys in the 115-pound class, and stepped out to a commanding lead when Crampton came through with another Crimson victory in the 126-pound division. Any hope that the Engineers might have had for a close match went glimmering as the relentless leather wielders coached by Henry Lamar went on through the list...
...enough. 'Tis about time to be off. Recall some of your Leather-stocking Tales and come with the Vagabond to Harvard 6 at 10 to hear more about Mr. Cooper from Professor Matthiessen...
...when in a series of exciting intersectional games Rice whipped Purdue, Texas nosed out Notre Dame, Southern Methodist ran through Fordham, Texas Christian beat Santa Clara. The football centre of the country seemed to have moved south. It had done so because the Texans had developed a hell-for-leather style of play which employed plenty of passes of all kinds, sweeps and power plays, lots of deception. Emerging into the national sportlight like a whole league of Centre Colleges, the Southwest Conference this year produced not one but a pair of teams of championship stripe. Among a coeducational student...
...bicycle, it would seem, is back to stay. Encouraged by the example of certain irreproachable members of the Faculty and the clever advertisements of a local renting agency, Cantabridgians have given' the ancient two-wheeled, leather-saddled mode of transportation a fling which has developed carmarks of permanency. The vast numbers of bare-kneed girls, uncoated college students, and towsic-headed youngsters who cycle daily render the pleasure of wheeling an unquestionable quantity. The one great question which perplexes the minds of prospective cyclists is a place to cycle...