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...said, only because Americans had such atrocious accents. He was fond of showing pictures of family mansions clipped out of magazines. When going away for a few days he would confide he was off for some sailing with the Kennedys. He spent $200 a month at the Campus Florist on bouquets that went to people in Philadelphia or New York with cards that said, "Thanks for the hospitality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Scam on Campus | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

Clay Center's once-a-day bus service along two-lane U.S. 24 stopped two years ago. The bus carried mostly the poor and elderly to see their doctors or relatives an hour away in Manhattan. Bus service also meant that the town's two florist shops could count on daily deliveries of fresh flowers. And repair shops could often get same-day emergency shipments of spare parts. Although the town's cooperative grain elevator still has access to a working railroad spur, weeds surround the tracks. Reason: the Kyle railroad has added a $750- per-car surcharge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small-Town Blues | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

...spin to the usual boy-wants-to-be-ballerina plot, Tom Collins aspires to be a florist; Mom insists he become a cop. Hence ensues a barrage of typical Pudding groaners about tulips, mums and pansies. Agent Tess Tosterone leads a deft rendition of the song-and-dance, "Police Don't Eat the Daisies," with her brutal kicks and clumsy spins...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Puttin' on the Blitz | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

...minutes was all it took this year to buy my girlfriend a Valentine's Day gift. A call to the florist, my Mastercard number and presto--instant Valentine's Day gift...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Of Valentine's Day and Cooties | 2/14/1989 | See Source »

...merchant not driven out of business is David Galgay, owner of Galgay the Florist, a Central Square establishment since 1919. Galgay says that subway renovations ruined business in Central Square for four years. "People avoided the square like the plague," says Galgay. "Once they clean up this area, business will improve," Galgay adds...

Author: By Arnold M. Zipper, | Title: Old Square Goes Yupscale | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

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