As he rose wearily from his teakwood parliamentary bench one morning last week, India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru found himself in an unusual and unpleasant position.
He wanted his favorite set of chessmen duplicated in teakwood, and he was willing to pay the cost of the project in PTI subscriptions.
The decks, made of expensive teakwood, are only 2 in.
Oakley: Bicyclist who died after hit by truck identified Robert Allen Montalbano, 62, was traveling east on Main Street between Teakwood Drive and Empire Avenue around 1 p.m. on Sunday when he was struck and killed by a truck pulling a trailer, police said.
June 11, 2013 - San Jose Mercury News