Word: bouquet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thorny Romance. In Cincinnati, seeking a divorce, Geraldine Ann Goerl admitted that her husband had once given her a bouquet of roses but pointed out that he had tried to shove it down her throat...
...Caribbean amidst calypso rhythms, dusky skins and steel bands. Landing at Dominica, largest of the Windward Islands, Margaret and Tony had hoped to motor about quietly. But the islanders-some 5,000 of them-turned out in force to cheer them and present the princess with a bouquet as wild as her unruly locks. The half-royal couple will return to Britain next week, leaving behind a wistful rumor that Margaret may be the next Governor General of the two-year-old West Indies Federation...
When he died on the French Riviera in 1955, genial Paul Roux had no bank account and less than $100 in cash, but he was still able to leave behind a fortune. "This bouquet, this Colombe d'Or," he wrote to his son Francis, "I leave to you." The Golden Dove was his hotel-restaurant in tiny Saint-Paul-de-Vence-a restaurant like no other in the world...
...receive brickbats for this article. Please accept from me a bouquet for a magnificent reporting of more than 19 centuries of news...
...word from Mayor George Christopher. Returning from a chilly tour of San Francisco Bay aboard a Coast Guard gunboat, he was greeted by nine-year-old Brownie Scout Dara Woods, her bare knees knocking in the cold. Gallantly, the general bent like a great, gawky crane to accept a bouquet of flowers. "Merci,'' he said. "Thank you." And hours later, as he finished a speech at the Civic Auditorium, the visitor was still stirred with emotion. He spread his arms and shouted "Vive Chicago!'' - a temporary geographical lapse that his translator promptly straightened...