Word: abloom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Prescription: Rest. Two hours and 85 miles later, the Chrysler pulled up at the Eisenhower farm at Gettysburg, Pa., to be greeted by Mamie's mother, Mrs. Elivera Doud. The farm looked sunny, warm, restful. Wild roses, day lilies and hollyhocks were abloom; the corn was knee-high. Tired from the trip, Ike lay down to rest in his oak-paneled, first-floor den. In a short while the Eisenhowers and their weekend guests, Walter Reed Hospital Commander Major General Leonard Heaton (who performed the ileitis operation) and Mrs. Heaton, were all soaking up an afternoon nap. A double...
Bright, green, genuine spring warmed the South. Atlanta was abloom with narcissus, forsythia and bridal wreath. Pitchers sweated in baseball training camps from Florida to California. And Mobile held its annual Azalea Trail Parade...