Word: leathering
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...Adidas soccer shorts stuck to the leather of the navigator’s seat in the front, I stared intently at the white space on the map where Iacurso should have been, pretending I knew where to look. Instead, all I could locate was a town called “Filadelfia”—had we known we were headed to the City of Brotherly Love, we might have saved the airfare and hopped the commuter rail downtown from our house in northwest Philadelphia. After an hour of nausea-inducing driving, I shot an eye-roll...
...with a full backup band is priceless. Penelope, too, finds Max endearing and reveals herself to him, but runs away to the big city once she realizes he’s a spy. Her first stop in freedom is a pub where she meets Annie, a feisty, leather-clad, Vespa riding Reese Witherspoon (who also produced the movie). Penelope manages to elude her parents’ attempts to find her by hiding her nose under a scarf. Of course, her nose gets revealed, as does the fact that she’s an heiress. She becomes a pig-nosed press...
...antiaging remedies never get old. The trick is not to look as though you're trying too hard. "You don't want a man coming in with a bad toupee and lots of makeup," says Lou Kacyn, a partner at global headhunters Egon Zehnder International. So save the leather pants for the weekend Harley ride...
...East Shore is the most promising venue in Beijing's budding jazz scene. Located on the banks of Lake Houhai, East Shore is a refuge from the trinket sellers and gaudy bars along the crowded shore. Its large windows give clear views over the water, and leather armchairs and dark wooden floorboards provide the necessary sultry ambiance. Thursdays through Sundays, a constellation of house bands, including the owner's Liu Yuan Jazz Quartet, plays from 10 p.m. until late, usually packing the 30-some-seat...
...said was because Grassi relied heavily on the votes of few faithful wards. Grassi did not reply to requests for comment. But Councillor Sam Seidel still believes money or incumbency are not the only things that matter. “A lot of it is hard work and shoe leather,” he said. —Staff writer Sarah J. Howland can be reached at showland@fas.harvard.edu