Word: rama
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...busy in his St. Petersburg workrooms. The imperial court was not Fabergé's only customer: every millionaire in Russia clamored for his wondrous candlesticks and parasol handles. In time he produced enameled pigs for the court of King Chulalongkorn of Siam, Buddhas and bowls for his son, Rama VI, and a gold cigarette case which was presented to England's Queen Mary by the Maharaja of Bikanir. But his most ambitious work was the series of 50-odd surprise Easter eggs which he executed over three decades for Alexander III and Nicholas...
...Songwriter Irving Berlin at the annual banquet of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The banqueters were entertained by a group of high-school singers, who for half an hour sang popular songs, all of them by Songwriter Jerome Kern. At a Manhattan Scout-o-Rama, the Cubs honored Margaret Truman with their "Grand Howl." Replied Margaret...
...always asks for questions, repeats each question word for word before answering it. As soon as he finishes, he jumps for the door, shakes every hand he can reach. To prepare himself for the 1948 campaign, he made a nine-week, 16-country trip to Europe, interviewed Stalin, Attlee, Rama-dier, Benes, De Gasperi and the Pope...
...fired three times. One bullet ripped into Gandhi's chest, two into his belly. With hands folded, as if welcoming the blow, in the gesture that is both the Hindu greeting and the Christian attitude of prayer, Gandhi fell backward. He murmured, "Ai Ram, Ai Ram" (0 Rama, 0 Rama), in invocation to the gentle hero of the Hindu pantheon, Gandhi's favorite...
...Kosi dam, they locked their children indoors. Last week their schools were closed, for no pupils would attend. Bazaars and fairs shut down. Panicky villagers feared that 108 children would be kidnaped for sacrifice.* They picked 108 as the proper figure because that is sacred to Hindus. Rama, for instance, one of the incarnations of Vishnu, the Protector, offered his wife Sita 108 lotuses, each with 108 petals...