Word: bouquets
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...experiences in Alabama, goes far toward bearing out his thesis. But Alabamians would have to be thin-skinned indeed to object to the tone of Author Carmer's remarks. Though he makes many an explicit criticism, points silently at some grim conclusions, he also tosses many a bouquet, with a grace that does credit to his hosts...
...tall, lean minister sat in a Manhattan church one night last week, weeping gently into a handkerchief and bowing his bald head over a bouquet of yellow roses. What moved Dr. Christian Fichthorne Reisner to tears was the presence of 1,200 pious people in his Broadway Temple (Methodist) to celebrate the beginning of the 25th year of his work in the Manhattan corner of the Lord's vineyard. For three and one-half hours they listened to songs and praiseful speeches by churchmen, municipal officials, businessmen, Kiwanians. Said New York's District Attorney William C. Dodge...
...Office last week announced it would issue a new 3? stamp in honor of Mother's Day (May 13). Officials agreed it would be a reproduction of Whistler's Portrait of the Artist's Mother, could not decide whether to have her clasped hands hold a bouquet of carnations, Mother's Day symbol. The stamp will be issued...
...Though it is usually ash-grey, it may be white, black, yellow or mottled like marble. It may have a fragrant odor, or an overpowering stench. Some experts claim that even chemical analysis is shaky and that ambergris, like a fine wine, may be truly identified only by its bouquet. For use in perfumes raw ambergris must be ground in a mortar, soaked for six months in 95% alcohol...
Next day the Federation bussed to the White House to hand Mrs. Roosevelt a bouquet of roses...