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There are many ways to pay tribute to a loved one: with one perfect rose or, better, as Dorothy Parker observed, one perfect limousine. The newest and most colorful form of testimonial needs neither vase nor gasoline. It is a bouquet of balloons. In virtually every major U.S. city, balloonery is, well, soaring. A cluster of two dozen rubber bubbles costs around $25, not too much more than a florid array of earthbound blossoms. At many ballooneries, the fee covers the cost of delivering the gaudy globules by a messenger dressed as a magician, a mime, a clown, Big Bird...
...oldest and perhaps the most successful balloon business is also Boston based. Headed by Joe Del Vecchio, whose grandfather began selling balloons when he came to the city from Italy at the turn of the century, Balloon Bouquets now has 14 affiliates throughout the U.S. and prides itself on Mom-and-Pop-style personal service. In September Del Vecchio will be offering Balloon Bouquet franchises nationwide...
...meets Anna-Luise, a beautiful woman 30 years his junior, and falls in love. More amazing still, she loves him in return. The sole threat to their happiness is the possible opposition of her father, Doctor Fischer, who earned his immense fortune by inventing a toothpaste called Dentophil Bouquet. Jones visits his prospective father-in-law and learns with relief that the doctor seems utterly indifferent to his daughter's plans. Only after the wedding does Fischer do anything at all: he invites Jones to a dinner party. Anna-Luise responds with horror and begs her husband...
Despite a clever psychological ploy designed to steal Miss Smith's thunder--Islander captain Eddie Westfall presented her with a bouquet and his teammates skated by to shake her hand--the Flyers scored just 19 seconds after the opening face-off and coasted to a 4-1 victory. Bobby Clarke & Co. went on to defeat Buffalo in something of an anti-climax...
...Thousands of others thronged to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, where Romero's body lay in state, and joined a silent procession behind the cortege as it was taken to the Metropolitan Cathedral. "He was our father and protector," explained one grief-stricken woman carrying a small bouquet of yellow flowers. Said a middle-aged salesman: "The people will never forget this vile...