Word: turbanator
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...practiced by men and women in pairs. Claiming to be the only living master of Tantrism, Bhajan stresses Kundalini yoga, which supposedly releases secret energy that travels up the spine. He reveals breathing and massage techniques said to improve sexual performance. And he preaches: "The man who ties a turban on his head must live up to the purity of the whiteness and radiance of his soul...
Swathed in yards of pearl gray stone marten and crowned with a purple turban, Elizabeth Taylor rode through the streets of Cambridge, Mass., in a 1948 Lincoln convertible like Queen for a Day. The rubric, however, was Woman of the Year, bestowed on Liz last week by Harvard's 133-year-old Hasty Pudding theatrical society. Recalling that in 1951 she had been voted "worst actress in the world" by the Harvard Lampoon, Liz, 45, chuckled: "They didn't have to tell me." This time around, she received tributes to her "great artistic skills and feminine qualities...
...following year, on the very day Mrs. Gandhi declared a state of emergency and detained thousands of her opponents without trial, Fernandes went underground. For almost a year, until his arrest in Calcutta last June, he traveled the country disguised as a Sikh, with a flowing beard and turban. Gradually, he organized a resistance movement, published a clandestine mimeographed newsletter and-according to the prosecution-staged a number of bombings. If found guilty, he will face a sentence of life imprisonment...
...Soufrière, haughty, elusive, has a quality of mystery, and perhaps never has it been so mysterious as now. While the administrative capital of Basse-Terre was bathed in tropical sunshine on the coast below, La Soufrière (meaning sulfur mine) remained swathed in a turban of clouds and made its own rain...
...home). The Tahitian, a youth named Omai, soon became the pet of London Society. Dressed up in an elaborate frogged coat and sword, he was honored by budding Novelist Fanny Burney, who praised him as a "lyon of lyons." Sir Joshua Reynolds painted a portrait of him in a turban. He was even introduced to King George, whose name he mispronounced as he greeted him: "How do, King Tosh...