Word: bouquet
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...Friday night, and the big theater was jammed with Indian fans awaiting the premiere of the new year's big movie. Bollywood princess Aishwarya Rai was greeted with a bouquet of roses from a city official and audience cries of "We love you, Ash!" Abhishek Bachchan, a rising actor and son of Indian film legend Amitabh Bachchan, enters to girlish squeals not heard since Hrithik Roshan last went topless in public. Mani Ratnam, who is internationally the most revered writer-director of Indian films, said a few words. Composer A R Rahman, whose hundred or so film scores have made...
Every small child dreams of one day standing atop the podium with a United States flag, a bouquet of flowers, and a medal around the neck, listening to the sounds of the Star Spangled Banner. With the beginning of the 2008 Summer Olympics training in fencing, junior foil fencer Emily Cross may be able to realize that dream. Last month the New York, N.Y. native decided to move her life from the world of books and Harvard Square to a life among the international circuit of weapons. “I made the decision to try to qualify over...
Chanel's U.S. president, Maureen Chiquet, admits that banking on a celebrity for celebrity's sake can be a risky venture. Although the brand has had contractual relationships with stars since the '50s (Suzy Parker, Catherine Deneuve, Ali McGraw, Candice Bergen and Carole Bouquet), its Nicole Kidman--Baz Luhrmann No. 5 ad surpasses any single-ad commitment to date. Kidman's reported $4 million-to-$5 million contract was meager compared with the total budget, which some estimates put at more than $40 million...
...murdered girls. But if that document even approximates the truth, the current prime suspect in the 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey had hopped between enough jobs and countries over the past decade - glorified nanny in the Netherlands, homeroom instructor in Honduras, to name but two - to raise a bouquet of red flags in any principal's mind...
...factor in choosing a wine. And natural wines are usually subtler and more complex than conventional wines, although some have rough edges. People who favor a Pinot Noir that smells like cherry-vanilla ice cream may find it an adjustment to savor one with an earthier bouquet. Many natural wines are affordable, with delicious choices, such as the Loire Valley's Clos Roche Blanche reds and whites (ranging in price from $12 to $20) and Coturri's ($20 to $30 a bottle...