Word: willowing
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...himself the new Buddha, visions "saving" the West. He shaves his head, exchanges "garments by Poole" for a beggar's garb, and tosses his riches away. London, but for a few dishevelled lady-mystics, is unimpressed. So Jâli takes himself to Paris and there, under a willow tree in the Bois de Boulogne, invites the peace of Nirvana...
...leaves behind her a most unphilosophical Buddha, as is seen when Jâli forsakes his willow tree and, in hot pursuit, takes passage to the U. S. Lunch with Rosemary at Sherry's ends in catastrophe when the people at the next table object to "the colored man." Jâli in anguish escapes to San Francisco Chinatown, where an ancient watchmaker mumbles his philosophy of resignation and indifference. Comforted by the old Chinaman, disgusted with the Occident, Jâli returns to the pomp and ceremony of coronation in Karastra...
Each of the three victories in the first four starts was marked by the power with the willow displayed by the team. After the 22 blows lined out in the 21 to 8 triumph over B. U., the Crimson smashed 13 hits against Virginia and 15 against Georgetown. In the lone defeat, administered by the Quantico Marines, "Captain" Kidd, twister for the Devil Dogs, held Harvard to four singles in 11 innings...
...company of dolls will take the boards in Boston tonight to enact the Boston Symphony Orchestra at its busiest, Jonah and the Whale at the height of their disagreement with one another, willow trees which go democratic and grow bananas, and stories of Chinese mandarins and their lovely, distressed daughters...
Included in the program is a Chinese fairy tale in which a willow tree goes out of its way to help a princess in distress. The tree bears one banana to appease the wrath of an angry mandarin, and die immediately after accomplishing its errand of mercy...