Word: bouquets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...A.M.A.'s general manager, arrived to offer a posy: for the first time in its 102 years, the A.M.A. was going to seat a Negro, Harlem's Dr. Peter M. Murray, in its House of Delegates. But Dr. Lull soon revealed the political wiring in his bouquet...
...sequences from Lloyd films had been put together to be shown on a screen, finally dissolving into a shot of Mrs. Lloyd and her three children-Gloria, 23, Peggy, 22, and Harold Jr., 17-in the garden of their 16-acre Beverly Hills estate. Then there would be a bouquet of roses for Mrs. Lloyd, and a new Cadillac sedan for the new Pote, purchased with 10? contributions from 42,333 California nobles. Said Lloyd in pleased anticipation: "The whole thing is usually done in a very lovely style...
Flushed by his narrow escapes and tumultuous ovations, Nehru threw a farewell bouquet to Calcuttans: "I should like to express my deep gratitude . . . not only for my warm welcome . . . but for the perfect order that prevailed . . . Calcutta is ... a peaceful city of busy folk carrying on their professions and avocations, while just a few anti-social elements cause trouble...
...prelate was met by the welcoming sounds of the Strahov church organ. Women strewed white peonies in his path. A little girl pressed into his hands a bouquet of white carnations. He took the bouquet and blessed...
There were also new official responsibilities. Even before Elizabeth's wedding, Princess Margaret performed her first unassisted public duty, the launching of an ocean liner at Belfast. She made a pretty little speech, and when a young shipworker came to present her with a bouquet of roses, she graciously selected one and tucked it in his overall's bib. A nervous nation was relieved and pleased...