Word: plums
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...aroused such curiosity that he became famous. Ever since, garden designing has been regarded by the Japanese as a major art form (see color pages), and its changing patterns have reflected the country's historic development. The first Japanese gardens were polychromic, glowing with the blossoms of plum and cherry trees, calm with the gentleness of willows, luxurious with the gaiety of bright flowers. But a warrior class crushed the rule of the aristocracy at the end of the 12th century, and Japan's classic era faded into its middle ages. The warriors wanted no part of luxury...
Only a few days before Christmas, Ragsdale plucked the Buick plum from the hands of the Kudner Agency, which had held it tightly for 22 years. Kudner took on Buick when it was selling fewer than 100,000 cars a year, helped lift it into third place in 1954 (513,497 sales) with breezy, fun-stressing ads and such catchy slogans as "Better Buy Buick," "Hot? It's a Fireball," and the most famous auto slogan of all: "When better cars are built, Buick will build them...
Lawyer Pflimlin, whose name (pronounced roughly Fleemlan) means "Little Plum" in his native Alsatian patois, is a textile worker's son who joined the new Catholic center party, the M.R.P., after returning from the war in 1945. His impressive oratory, bad temper and enormous energy have led colleagues to dub him "The Mendès-France of the M.R.P." Like most Alsatians, he is solidly pro-European. Along with several other Catholics, he recently protested French atrocities in Algeria. His success in forming a government depends on whether the Socialists decide to participate on his terms, which he summarized...
...City; new subscriptions had dropped off 70% since the election. The rival Hudson Dispatch (circ. 56.825), which had expressed less vigorous opposition to the Murray ticket, not only got the run of City Hall but was expected this week to land the city government's legal advertising, a plum that had long been shared by the two papers. The new administration's most eloquent gesture, Jersey-fashion, was to fire a onetime Journal newsman who landed on the city payroll under Boss Kenny (TIME, March 25) and appoint a Hudson Dispatch reporter to a $7,500 police commission...
...Dark plum swings near plum...