Word: marooning
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...perfect jasper ware, an unfading ceramic that also comes in green, lavender, yellow and maroon. Josiah fired more than 10,000 experiments in his kilns. What he was after was a material that could be impregnated with color throughout, rather than simply receive a surface glaze. And in cauk, a form of barium sulphate, Josiah found what he wanted. Jasper ware grew so popular that the English used it for shoebuckles, chessmen, perfume vials, bell pulls, architectural ornaments, even a mortar and pestle. Most famous of all Josiah's jasper ware was his limited edition of the Portland vase...
...maroon Rolls-Royce purred through the rainy evening to the London Clinic, and out stepped Britain's Queen Elizabeth, 38. She had come to end a 28-year estrangement between the royal family and the owner of a grey Rolls parked opposite: the Duchess of Windsor, 68. In a fourth-floor sitting room, the two women, both dressed in properly cheerful red, met by the chair of Edward, Duke of Windsor, 70, sitting up for the first time in three weeks after a series of eye operations. What was said in 25 minutes-at the first meeting since Edward...
...held a 9-7 lead over Springfield's Pete Digregario in the third period, but with 10 seconds remaining Digregario scored three points on a lightning takedown and predicament. Riding time lifted Henjyoji to a 10-10 draw. Ed Franquemont also fought to a 6-6 standoff with the Maroon's Bill Ellis...
...Maroon's other co-captain, Dale Winter, collected the only fall of the evening by pinning Dave Worchester at of their 157-pound match...
There is much about Vaughn that recalls both Bond and Solo. Off the screen, he is a swinging bachelor who drives around in a Lincoln Continental convertible, which he insists is not maroon in color but "black cherry." The car has a telephone and a monaural tape machine; it will soon have two telephones, a TV set, a stereo tape recorder, an icemaking midget refrigerator and a walnut-paneled bar. He is a wine lover and a gourmet...