Word: medallion
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...reason so many encore brides and grooms don't take orders from their parents and in-laws is that they've become parents themselves. Their nuptials don't merely unite two souls but three or four or more. And that's a challenge. A solution is the "family medallion," a piece of jewelry devised 12 years ago by Roger Coleman, a chaplain in Kansas City, Mo. The medallions, which cost up to $125, have three interlocking circles meant to symbolize the new family's love. They're often presented along with the wedding bands as part of the formal ceremony...
...will fly to Jerusalem at the end of May for the awards ceremony, at which time he'll receive a $100,000 grant and a bronze medallion...
...case," says White, "is whether the police told Diallo to stop." If they didn't warn him, or identify themselves, White says, they have little in the way of defense. Attorneys for the policemen contend, without irony, that each of the plainclothes officers was wearing his police medallion around his neck - a detail the police evidently expected Diallo to process correctly at the same instant that they were mistaking Diallo's wallet for a weapon...