Word: fleurs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...House of Bourbon's golden fleur-de-lis dropped low last week. For days Generalissimo Francisco Franco's great yellow Mercedes-Benz, manned with chaffeur and aide, had waited in Lisbon to carry Don Juan to Spain. Juan had hesitated. Then suddenly, Franco's car was gone...
...help the proposed committee in its task, some 400 Canadians had already sent flag designs, ranging from dull to weird, into Ottawa (see cut). Most of them favored a maple leaf. Other ideas: a beaver, a fir tree, wheat, the French fleur-de-lis, stars, miniature Union Jacks, a design like the U.S. flag, with a stripe for each of the Dominion's nine provinces. CCFer Gladys Strum proposed a flag picturing "a buffalo, a beaver, a maple leaf and a mountain. Yes, and we had better have a river...
After a while Eleanor Roosevelt walked back through a wide opening in the hedge. She stood alone, silently watching the workmen shoveling soil into her husband's grave. Then, silent and alone, she walked away again. On her black dress she wore the small pearl Fleur-de-Lis which he had given her as a wedding present...
Bixler combined 11 field goals with three foul shots to lead the Yardlings with 25 points, and Hennessey was close behind with 20. Marchand had 16 points and La Fleur had 13 for the Husky scoring honors...
...Crimson Freshmen have made a good average on their foul shots so far this season. Hennessey's eight straight charity throws have been an important contribution to the team's excellent average of around 65%. HARVARD NORTHEASTERN Hennessey, l.f. r.f., Marchand Bixler, r.f. l.f., La Fleur Keene, c. c., Scott DeLeo, r.g. r.g., Breen Richards, l.g. l.g., Clark