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Word: hydrangeas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Suddenly, however, the charming garden club women turn inexplicably into Chinese and Russian scientists at a secret meeting in Manchuria, and when the hydrangea-lovers reappear moments later, the chairwoman is no longer speaking on flowers. She is asking the head of the American patrol to murder two of his men. "Yes ma'am," he replies politely, and obviously anxious to please his hostesses, he strangles one (with a scarf thoughtfully provided by a woman in the audience) and shoots the other in the forehead. The sweet ladies of the garden club applaud his performance enthusiastically...

Author: By Anbrew T. Wril, | Title: The Manchurian Candidate | 11/7/1962 | See Source »

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