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Word: rosing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Handsomely mounted on a white horse, India's Prime Minister Nehru last week cantered up a road in the hill resort of Mussoorie. Looking as fit as a much younger man and wearing a red rose in his buttonhole, 69-year-old Jawaharlal Nehru dismounted at Birla House, a large English-style cottage, and strode across the green lawn in the glittering afternoon sunshine that drenched the surrounding fir trees and the distant snowy peaks of the Himalayas. A line of Tibetan officials bowed to Nehru, presented him with an armload of ceremonial white scarves. The curtains parted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The Adventurous Life | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...good sources, turned up the story behind Wybot's fall. Last May 30, as De Gaulle was conferring in his quarters at the Hôtel La Pérouse, where he had held court out of office almost every Wednesday for 13 years, his son-in-law rose, suspiciously examined a cornice, lifted a piece of carpet, and discovered microphones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Listener | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...wants nor will pay for a citywide broadside. In Pasco, Wash., Sears, Roebuck began distributing handbill ads rather than accept the latest hike in ad rates. Moreover, newspapers, which once enjoyed a hefty 45% of the advertising pie, must compete with television. Last year alone, TV's portion rose 1% to 13% of the pie. The newspapers' 1958 share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Claw | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...another seizure," said the ashen-faced concertmaster. "The maestro can't go on. Perhaps if you took a moment to look at the score . . ." The world's greatest undiscovered conductor rose from his seat on the aisle. "A score won't be necessary," said Walter Mitty quietly. "Where is the baton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Sublimating Baton | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

Hung Hsiu-ch'uan was a kind of Chinese John Brown, a religious zealot who saw his rebellion succeed-for a time. A poor provincial schoolteacher, he rose to lead the Taiping Rebellion, which ravaged China between 1851 and 1864, and cost the lives of an estimated 20 million people. Since Hung was a professing if distinctly unorthodox Christian, who ruled some 30 million subjects at the peak of his power, he has left behind him one of the most tantalizing ifs in history: If he had toppled the Manchu Dynasty and mounted the Dragon Throne, would China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Jerusalem at Nanking | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

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