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When you described the space shuttle, you were blind to its most poetic resemblance. It looks like the Taj Mahal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 2, 1981 | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

...been called the greatest compliment ever paid to a woman. Built 3½ centuries ago by the bereaved Mogul Emperor Shah Jehan as a tomb for his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal (Chosen of the Palace), the Taj Mahal is perhaps the most extravagant and beautiful mausoleum in the world. Made of shimmering white marble from Rajasthan, its domes and minarets glow so brightly, even in moonlight, that large sections were wrapped in burlap during the most recent India-Pakistan war out of fear that Pakistani aircraft might use it as a beacon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Is the Taj Mahal Doomed? | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...HEART of any Romance is some inexplicable vacuum where reason breaks down and some long-forgotten innocence takes over. If the elements are right one will go to any extreme, ignore any improbability in its pursuit: Witness the Taj Mahal or Flaubert's letters, witness Wallace Simpson, or Mailer's many wives...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Adolph's Rib | 10/9/1980 | See Source »

...Mahal in West Virginia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 6, 1980 | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

...Greatest. This is the greatest Christmas album ever recorded. The "Apocalypse Now" of Christmas records. The Mazarati of funny Christmas records. The Taj Mahal of funny, inexpensive Christmas records. The Dom Perignon of funny, inexpensive Christmas records based on TV shows...

Author: By Eric B. Fried and Susie Spring, S | Title: Hark! the Herald Cashiers Ring | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

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