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...There was the tip of the hat to the black Democratic mayor of Philly and the black-Hispanic couple (twofer!) of West Chester, Pa. (Why all the fawning over the Keystone State?) He saluted the ailing Democratic congressman Joe Moakley. He quoted JFK and threw a bouquet to self-styled deal maker, Louisiana senator John Breaux. By comparison, poor Dick Gephardt and Tom Daschle seemed niggling and churlish in their Democratic response. Although you have to feel sorry for them: the faux library of a House office is no match for the live action drama from the chamber floor...
Harvard endured the same kind of thing at Dartmouth last year, when the Big Green culminated an Ivy championship season by pummeling the Crimson. The game was stopped every five minutes or so to give a bouquet of flowers to Courtney Banghart for some newly broken record. These games just aren't that much fun for the other team...
...noon the day my flowers arrived, my room was awash in color. Unfortunately, the color of a $49 bouquet of tiger lilies from Flowerbud.com which had arrived by FedEx early that morning, was predominantly green because the lilies hadn't begun to open. "It doesn't feel like getting flowers," remarked a co-worker. "It's more like getting grass." The $62 multicolored tulips hand-delivered from 1-800-Flowers.com were brighter but a little ragged and carelessly arranged. I immediately tossed one droopy stem, and by the next day there were more brown petals...
When ordering from FTD.com I took the site's suggestion and spent $10 more to upgrade a small arrangement with more flowers. But my mixed bouquet of roses, snapdragons and carnations, also hand-delivered, was squished into a tiny little bowl. Upgradable bouquets are a great way to accommodate a range of budgets, but you would think FTD.com would also upgrade the vase. Still, the flowers were reasonably fresh, and it was the only site that let me select a full-size card to accompany the arrangement. Total damage...
...hand-delivered roses I settled on were only just O.K. "They look a little dry," a friend pointed out. Although they were twice as big as the coral-colored roses I received from Freshroses.com I preferred the latter. After all, it's easier to forgive a $40 bouquet for its imperfections--tiny buds already in full bloom--than...