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...yuppies have found that a garden can soak up limitless discretionary income. After seeds and dirt, there are goatskin gloves and Garden Weasels, wide- throated anvil pruners from Rolcut of England, not to mention $15,000 for a Sargent weeping hemlock tree. The yuppies quickly master the rituals and floral lore, swap compost recipes at dinner parties. Mulching has become elevator talk...
People build lives out of this respect. Forty-year-old Helen Kelly opened a used-book store in 1977 on Beacon Street and soon began selling rare books and manuscripts. Seven weeks ago, she opened a second, two-room store above a floral shop on Center Street in Jamaica Plain to house the more valuable items. She celebrated the opening of the Boston Book Annex branch with the birth of her first child, a boy, three weeks...
When a series of nude billboards began appearing last week, Parisians reacted with confusion rather than shock. Was the naked runner with a rose in his hand advertising a floral delivery service? Were the children, all in the buff, promoting a softer bathroom tissue? And the pregnant woman pressing a rose to her bare breast -- a new perfume...
...four days of testimony, North had accumulated a foot-high pile of telegrams of support (GOD BLESS YOU, GOOD LUCK AGAINST THOSE ILL-BRED HYENAS). Dozens of floral bouquets were delivered to the Norths on Capitol Hill...
...black tie." Laughter greets the next slide, showing a Marine presenting flowers to a young woman in a low-cut gown. "Yeah, sometimes Marines get assigned to some real good duty," the sergeant concedes. The lesson continues with Marines asking seriously how to - give a toast and whether floral centerpieces are customary at diplomatic dinners...