Word: acacias
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...page catalogue of merchandise, already has orders for 8,000 copies at $2 each. For art collectors, the Spanish pavilion has listed a 47-inch, 16th century painted wood sculpture of the Virgin for $11,590, and the Philippine pavilion is offering to the highest bidder twelve hand-carved acacia-wood panels that depict Philippine history and took 30 workmen more than a year to make. The Philippines also want to dispose of a 70-ft.-high Oriental-style restaurant, and Guinea wants to get rid of its voodoo tom-toms, native spears and a 40-ton air conditioner...
...credibility by placing a live toad in his mouth. If the toad jumped down the patient's throat, he was clearly a malingerer. If not, he was truly a victim of that all too common African malady, nightmare. The toad stayed put, so Dr. Thuita smeared acacia gum across the patient's brow, slapped on a dried snakeskin, and advised him to take a long swim. Prognosis: excellent...
...harbinger: the 91st annual flower show of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The place was packed with busloads of garden clubwomen (and a few dedicated men) who stood ogling the floral displays like mourners at a gangster's funeral. The highlight of the show was the formal garden of acacias and fountains from the Great Hill Farm of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stone of Marion. Mass. The gold-blossomed acacia trees, insured with Lloyd's of London for $100,000. had survived beautifully their recent trip to Manhattan's Coliseum, where they had dazzled visitors to the 45th...
...boldly do the Singapore kidnapers strike that the millionaires have given up favorite haunts: no more nights at the Tanjong Rhu club over cool drinks and mah-jongg, no more rides home on a quiet road where moonlight filters through acacia and tulip trees. To protect themselves, some millionaires, like the movie-mogul Shaw brothers, reportedly pay regular tribute to the underworld. Others have bought barbed wire and snarling watchdogs. A few take the precaution of calling ahead to their destination whenever they go out, and if they fail to arrive on time, an alarm is sounded...
...Radcliffe Yard last week, one girl was approached by a man inquiring the name of the adjacent street. Before she could answer, the man snatched her purse and ran away. The purse contained no money and was found yesterday on Acacia St., with the belongings untouched...