Word: leathering
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...ideas on topics such as how to light up the night without a tangled mess of tiny bulbs and how to tie the perfect bow. And if the occasion calls for some spirits, there's a slew of gift bags and caddies for bottles, in linen and leather. Cheers...
...lobbyists feed him tips so he knows, for instance, that Kentucky's Mitch McConnell has a thing for Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who inspired U2's song Walk On. The rest is intuitive. Bono arrives with no security, takes gifts (a leather-bound volume of Seamus Heaney for Patrick Leahy, a framed copy of the Marshall Plan speech for Colin Powell) to suit his host's taste. He poses for every staff picture, and his thank-you notes are handwritten and prompt. He wears whatever he pleases. "I refuse to be anything other...
...stands just beyond the pale of attainability for me. My frustration started when I walked into a Banana Republic store, attracted by an enormous sign that read, “15 percent off when you apply for a Banana Republic Card!” I picked out a black leather bag and eagerly awaited my discount in the cashier line. But one glance at the application form for the card was enough to dash my hopes. It was a simple form asking for my name, date of birth, phone number, mailing address, and of course, Social Security Number...
...Harvard bubble that leaves us all feeling like we’ve been living in a weird mix between a young-adult daycare and an Old Boy’s Club when we graduate. I sometimes get the urge to pull out a pipe and sit in a red leather chair discussing Kant with my cronies. (And I don’t even smoke…or know what cronies really are.) I recognize, however, the need to appreciate Harvard for all that it is—an institution overflowing with history and traditions that I believe one day will...
Doing business in Vietnam hasn't been easy. In the beginning, Lewis ended up discarding as many as 100 bags because the quality of the local fabrics was inconsistent. She then imported suede, leather and other materials, which caused other headaches...