Word: armoring
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...with dozens of "thou's" thrown in--provides plenty of comic soil for puns to take root in; but it doesn't materially affect the stock Pudding plot--even if there is a peasant revolution, nasal lords and ladies, smelly peasants, and a trio of disco-dancing suits of armor...
...daunting climate, the remoteness of the location and the size of the undertaking will make this one of the most complex engineering projects ever undertaken. In the harsh winters of the Yamal, roughly 150 miles above the Arctic Circle, rubber turns as hard as armor plating and steel rods snap like peppermint sticks. The permafrost is so thick during most of the year that the toughest of excavating equipment must be used to break through it; yet in summer the ground can turn into a quagmire that blocks both man and machine...
...highly professional and somewhat alarming creatures who arrive punctually, work hard and project such Teutonic brown qualities as hair in youth, curlers vivacity, and radiance and good humor. They fit in well with the businesslike atmosphere of the German studios. Off-camera, they baffle local playboys with their armor of innocence and independence, and by going to bed early and alone...
...once, but time and time again, if all goes well, reducing the cost of working in space and vastly increasing its possibilities. Columbia is designed to ascend like a rocket, orbit as an all-purpose freight truck and passenger bus, ward off melting re-entry temperatures with an armor of glazed silica tiles, then land like an airplane?or like an 80-ton glider...
...miserable in her marriage but devoted to her offspring. By the prevailing standards of Maine she had a ripe sense of style; she rouged her cheeks and dressed as though she were in New York City, thus laying the foundation of her daughter's passion for maquillage as armor and costume as spectacle. Her father's ventures prospered, and within the inward-turned circle of her family young Louise was completely indulged, the focus of two high-strung parents who, not always getting on with each other, loaded her with approval. "Being a female was never a handicap...