Word: lusterizing
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...jade, was applied to a variety of stones, all extremely hard, which were shaped and polished by the slow and painstaking process of grinding down with an abrasive, usually quartz, sand and water. Nephrite, the material most commonly used in the early periods, takes on a smooth, oily luster and can possess an extraordinary range of colors. The bright green, glassy jadeite, the substance most people think of when they think of jade, was not used extensively until the 18th century. Neither substance is indigenous to China; nephrite had to be imported from East Turkestan and Siberia and jadeite...
...move that will add luster as well as diversity to his Cabinet, President Ford this week will name William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., 54, Secretary of Transportation. A senior partner in a prestigious Philadelphia law firm and former president of the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Coleman has filled appointive posts under four Presidents. Married and the father of three children, he will be the second black to hold Cabinet rank; Robert Weaver, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1966 to 1968, was the first...
...KEITH JARRETT SOLO-CONCERTS: BREMEN, LAUSANNE (ECM/Polydor, 3 LPs). From Jarrett's fingers flows richly melodic multifaceted music that gives the piano added luster...
...eyes of Iran's 32 million people, the prosperity and national prestige the Shah is bringing them has bathed their ruler with new luster. Thus last week, when the Shadow of God celebrated his 55th birthday-his 56th by Iranian reckoning, which counts the day of birth as one's first birthday-the national holiday was observed with particular fervor. The capital city of Tehran (pop. 3.8 million) glowed from the light of millions of colored lamps. As part of the festivities, the Shah and lissome Empress Farah reviewed a mass exhibition of gymnasts in the $185 million...
...Franklin National into a success. If so, it may be one of the few winners in the deal. The 22,000 stockholders in Franklin National, many of whom are New York businessmen and other individuals, will probably lose their total investment. And the FDIC and other federal agencies lost luster in the debacle. In fact, Comptroller Smith conceded last week that "maybe we were unduly secure that a major bank that had prospered for many years couldn't develop big problems...