Word: petaling
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...dark grey 1951 Cadillac with the 16-petal imperial chrysanthemum crest upon it, Emperor Hirohito made an official call on Supreme Allied Commander Matthew B. Ridgway. It was the 14th courtesy call of the conquered on the conqueror, and the last. Soon after, Ridgway returned the visit, then went home to prepare for his new assignment in Europe...
...nuance, and as smoothly and sweetly toned as the famed strings of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Playing the Beethoven "Razou-mouvsky" Op. 59, No. 3 the same easy way, the young musicians displayed a virility and vigor that brought roars of "bravo" with the last note. Their glassy sonorities and petal-soft pianissimos in the final Debussy proved that they command just about every quality of quartet sound. The audience, aware that they were hearing what is probably the finest quartet of the day, refused to go home. The Italians finally responded to the insistent clamor for "More, more" with...
...resented having to pour tea for Rio matrons while Carlosinho stepped out; she also resented the gossips' talk that, if she failed to appear in public for a few days, she was waiting at home for the black & blue marks of Carlos' annoyance to fade from her petal-soft skin. "I just can't make myself over in the Brazilian pattern," she decided, and divorced...
Hattori sometimes writes his own lyrics, but often leaves the chore to others, who have that strange poetic touch which knocks the Japanese for a loop, but leaves a Westerner vaguely feeling as if someone has been beating him over the head with a chrysanthemum petal. The lyrics to Hattori's hit of the week, Aoi Sammyaku...
...crowds at Los Angeles' Palladium are often on the thin side, but last week the evening brought out 7,622 croon fans, come to listen to a voice that one of its admirers once described as having "the virility of a goat and the delicacy of a flower petal." They sat patiently on the huge, circular dance floor through the preliminary stuff-Ike Carpenter's band, the Bobby True Trio, but when the main event came on they howled with delight. And when 35-year-old, toupee-topped Crooner Frankie Laine finally let them have what they wanted...