Word: leathers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...took a lot of shoe leather and nervous energy," said World Bank President John J. McCloy, "but we're over the hurdle. Now we know we're a real honest-to-goodness bank...
...Moslem, who had lost his leather works in riots at Amritsar, no longer cared whether he was in Pakistan or Hindustan. Unshaven and ragged, Chaudhri Ahmen Hasan wandered aimlessly among the ruins of his property, carrying a big framed photograph of Jinnah. From time to time Hasan paused and addressed the picture: "Are you happy now, Qaid-e-Azam [Great Leader]? You have at last achieved Pakistan...
When the three M.P.s walked on to the stage, they got a rousing welcome. But as Nagy stepped up to the microphone and started to speak, his first words were drowned out by shouts from leather-lunged Communists: "Long live Stalin; long live Rakosi...
...wandered among the Houses, unashamedly liking the College scene, summertime-style. Harried-looking people in seersucker coats toiled toward the subway kiosk with leather bags, and gleaming convertibles scooted off eagerly along streets leading away from the Square, but Vag was content...
...Factory. Isaac was born in Russia. But he did not go in lace and patent leather to one of Russia's prodigy factories, then on to famed Leopold Auer in St. Petersburg, like Violinists Heifetz and Elman. The Stern family settled in San Francisco before Isaac's parents decided to make a violinist of him. Says Isaac: "They took me to concerts but I did not come back and cry for a violin, nor did I pick up a fiddle and play from memory every note I'd heard at the concert. The idea of a career...