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...Dalai Lama posed for Hungarian Artist Elizabeth Brunner at his refuge in Mussoorie, India-the first time the god-king had permitted an artist to paint his portrait from life since his flight from Lhasa. Last week he saw the result: a likeness showing him seated before a religious scroll, holding a Buddhist prayer book...
Kneeling side by side in the inner sanctum, the prince and princess each received holy sprigs of a sakaki tree, and with these in their hands, they bowed four times. The prince then pulled out of his long sleeve a scroll, informing his ancestors that "from now on we shall love each other forever." After withdrawing on their knees to the outer sanctum, the couple took tiny sips of sake. At the moment the cup left Michi's lips, she was Akihito's wife...
...lobby of Club 21, the conclave gathered to proffer to Miss Joanne Woodward the award of Hasty Pudding Club Woman-of-the-Year. As she read a scroll citing her "great acting skill and feminine qualities," Miss Woodward murmured that she loved and appreciated "what...
...special note also, is an engraved scroll to be presented to retiring varsity coach Hal Ulen by Columbia University. Citing "the generations of Columbia swimmers who have been privileged to compete against your well-coached teams," the scroll is signed by Grayson Kirk, President of the University, the athletic director, two Lion swimming coaches, and the Chairman of the Alumni Swimming Committee...
Together the details of the scroll on the following pages reproduce about two-thirds of its 10-ft. length. It begins with a somber, gonglike flourish of pines. The long winding advance of the invading army is the main theme, announced by a menacing rush of pennants out of the mist. The peasant at the bridge is a contrasting grace note of peace. High above him the army has found a pass into southern lands, and now, serpentlike, it descends to the river. For a time its triumphal progress fades behind the soft, pine-muffled bulk of an island; then...