Word: porcelains
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...gross but hilarious exhibit explains the not-so pleasant bodily functions of burping, diarrhea and passing gas. The model toilet--complete with (you guessed it) imitation poop--is a definite favorite. Somehow, even though kids and adults alike find it repulsive, they make repeated trips to stare into the porcelain bowl...
...borrowed pottery techniques from the Chinese, but their subsequent creations rivaled those of their giant neighbor and became the envy of Japan, which dispatched military expeditions to raid Korean kilns and enslave its craftsmen. On display are 114 elegant and serenely beautiful objects including vases, ewers, incense burners and porcelain water droppers. Through...
...FORTUNE a critical success, Harry Luce, then 36, was on the verge of becoming the nation's most powerful magazine publisher. Clare Brokaw -- journalist and playwright, future Congresswoman and ambassador -- at 31 was Manhattan's paradigmatic gay divorcee, renowned as much for her merciless wit as for her delicate porcelain beauty...
...sought-after appliance is aimed at the serious cook with serious money (list price: as much as $6,800). The most popular model is equipped with six porcelain-coated grates, a grill and two gas ovens (one with an infra-red broiler that reaches 1500 degrees F in 30 seconds). Going all out, it can simultaneously broil shrimp kabobs for an appetizer, warm the soup, roast the leg of lamb, grill swordfish, steam petits pois, simmer wild rice, saute baby tomatoes, poach pears and flambe crepes suzette...
...IMPERIAL FASCINATION: PORCELAIN. More than 500 pieces of Imperial porcelain are on display -- the largest number ever shown outside the Soviet Union. At New York City's A La Vieille Russie, through April...