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...bookshop near my old home, I find an obscure monograph on the history of Cochin that provides more clues to the tiles. The author suggests they were presented to the Cochin Raja by the Chinese traders who were accompanied by Ma Huan, the treasure ship's chronicler, and an unnamed ambassador (probably Zheng He). The tiles, he claims, were meant for the Raja's palace, but some clever Jewish merchants spread the rumor that Chinese use cow's blood to make porcelain and the King, a devout Hindu, had to give them up - to the Jewish merchants...
...MOMMA'S HOUSE Directed by Raja Gosnell Starring Martin Lawrence, Nia Long JUNE...
...MARTIN LAWRENCE plays an FBI agent who goes undercover as a grandmother in a Southern town. In addition to floral frocks and pearls, his wardrobe included a 40-lb. fat suit and 3 in. of rubber on his face. "He spent three hours in makeup each day," says director Raja Gosnell. "The forehead, nose and eyes are his, but he needed work on his cheeks, chin and upper lip." Does male vanity know no bounds...
...professorship is only one of several new positions at the school dedicated to international relations, according to Raja M. Kamal, director of international development...
...while Clinton stays as President. The loss of face by the Republicans in the elections was because they saw and heard only what they wanted to. The electorate had been giving a warning ever since the House got preoccupied with Monica. But it fell on deaf ears. RAJA RAMAN Chennai, India