Word: florals
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...voice called, "Roe!" He turned and was hit by three twelve-gauge shotgun slugs. Ted was laid out in a $3,500 casket, and got the biggest Negro funeral in the Midwest since Prizefighter Jack Johnson was sent to his reward under a bee's paradise of floral offerings in 1946. At Roe's funeral, Minister Clarence H. Cobb said: "He was a friend of man, and he had a pure heart...
...Cultural regimentation has emaciated the ancient charm of Chinese life. Capitalist silks and floral robes have been replaced by the proletarian look: narrow blue pants and drab, high-necked tunics for men & women alike...
...their annual floral tribute, all members of the House of Representatives and page boys came to work with red carnations (paid for by Ohio Republicans) in honor of the 109th birthday of William McKinley. Next day, everyone wore white carnations (paid for by the Democratic National Congressional Committee) on the 70th birthday of Franklin D. Roosevelt...
...Sitwell is capable of roaring on to a battlefield and hissing by post. Such vocal athletics no doubt enhance the status of a poetess who has progressed beyond the White Cliffs of Dover to the point where she writes of the "pink cheeks of young country girls in unintelligible floral arrays...
...line, the crowd surged past the police line, shoving the dignitaries perilously close to the still-whirling propellers. The scene around the plane's unopened door became a madhouse of shouting ministers and mullahs. One Majlis leader was whacked across the mouth with a large wet floral wreath. Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador Loy Henderson, out to say hello to Mossadegh, was caught in the mob at the airport, had his pockets picked (his wallet was later returned intact), but never got to speak to the pallidly beaming Premier...