Early styles were known as tatebana, standing flowers; from these developed a more massive and elaborate style, rikka (which also means standing flowers), introduced by the Ikenobō master Senkei around 1460.
A wan Waltz of the Flowers introduced "The Nutcracker" with Laura Hormigón, a long-limbed, streamlined and occasionally gauche dancer who did best in the adagio, Nelson Madrigal, her cavalier, helped make this pas de deux, based on a Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo version, come alive.
Flowers introduced her to authors such as Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Douglas Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson, authors who would affect her life and career, as well as black female artists like Frances Harper, Anne Spencer, and Jessie Fauset.
Inspired by her Turkish grandmother, Yael Alkalay, the founder of Red Flower, introduces a bathing-treatment line this month called Hammam (available at Barneys New York).
Mrs. Flowers, by introducing her to classic literature and poetry, teaches her about the positive power of language and empowers Maya to speak again.
Preshrunk Flower In introducing Don Rumsfeld as his choice for secretary of defense, President Bush the Younger emphasized the designee's policy strength and ability to hold his own in council: "You bet General Powell's a strong figure and Dick Cheney's no shrinking violet.
Mutations in flowers within introduced populations can be observed frequently (between 5% and 45% of flowers are affected within fifteen populations investigated; Figure 3) compared to their rare occurrence in the native range (~1.5% within one of seven populations).
The nucleus of the Anthology is a collection made early in the 1st century bce by Meleager, who called it Stephanos (Greek: "Crown," or "Collection of Flowers"); he introduced it with a poem comparing each writer in the collection to a flower.
Western flowers were introduced into Japan following the Meiji Restoration (1868).
Two years ago, Flowers finally introduced himself to the music of Bruce Springsteen and was deeply marked by the experience.
