Word: petaling
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...woman did not wear clothes: she let silks and satins flow over her in the same kind of swoops and swirls. As for the flower, it contained nature's most delicate lines and its subtlest forms. The beautiful bend of a supple stem, the gentle curves of a petal, the organic flow of line and form into each other-these were the secrets of the flower that Mucha wanted to impose on everything man designed...
...belt-tightening measure intended to save money for national defense, India last week decreed an end to the import of foreign liquor. After existing stocks of Scotch and brandy are used up, Indian drinkers will have to depend on such local specialties as palm wine, rose petal liquor and a brew of saffron musk...
...Union. The W.W.C.T.U. was holding its 22nd triennial convention in New Delhi, India, and President Jarrett soon found that there was work to do. She was going to Jaipur to help her colleagues snuff out that city's consumption of potent jag mohan (110-proof) and gulabi (rose petal liquor). Her substitute for the boozy brews: "a creative recreation program for young people which will enable them to know what beverage alcohol is and what it does...
...where he occupies himself until Friday with his "old man's toy": the PHP, or Peace and Happiness through Prosperity Institute, which he set up in the desperate days after the war. In the monastic atmosphere of the institute's serene gardens, he sips tea, eats flower-petal cakes, and holds seminars with his three young research fellows, discussing how best to use abundance to bring prosperity and happiness to all. "First," explains Matsushita, "we must really know what a human being is. If one wants to raise sheep, one must learn the nature of sheep. So with...
...Twentieth Century (CBS, 6:30-7 p.m.). La Guardia - a petal-by-petal re creation of New York City's Little Flower...