Word: leathering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unconscious in surgery, the nuclear button was right where it should be, in the hands of Vice President George Bush. On his flight back from Texas to Washington, Bush was accompanied by a military aide carrying the Vice President's version of the "football"-an unremarkable black leather case containing top-secret signal codes and military target information...
When Jim Rice appears at the plate for the first time, a middle-aged man wearing a beatten up leather cabbie's hat, the front unsnapped and flipped up, turns to a short bald man with horn-rimmed sunglasses next to him and says with authority...
...also one of the most consistently profitable international airlines (1980 earnings: $23 million). Swissair's strategy is to pamper its passengers, especially business travelers, who make up an astonishing two-thirds of its customers within Europe. First-class flyers, for example, sink into seats covered in brown leather instead of common cloth, and they can listen to music over stereo headsets rather than through plastic earplugs...
After a visit to Japan last year and exposure to Kurosawa's film Kagemusha, Armani has given a new look to his more exotic clothes: smocked leather samurai jackets, ballooning silk pants, kimono-inspired collars, obi sashes and details taken from ceremonial robes. "It's true I was influenced by Japan," says Armani. "But the real inspiration is born when you examine what you did last season and try to sharpen your focus, softening a line that was too rigid, changing a color that was too hard." As a former fabric designer, Armani starts every collection by putting...
Equally impressive with their leather as they were with their lumber, the squad committed only two errors and turned in some exceptional fielding plays. Shortstop Bernstein caught an MIT baserunner in a superbly executed rundown. Fearless catcher Raney kept the Engineer-baserunners honest with frequent and accurate throws to first, and in left, Holpuch--the starting center on the women's hoop squad--displayed an extraordinary throwing...