Word: mementoed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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George Bush gave Pakistan's Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto a sweet-smelling gift at the end of her first official trip to Washington last week: an American beauty rosebush. Accepting the memento, Bhutto told the President that the roses would serve as a reminder of her "supportive visit" to Washington. She might have added that, while the atmosphere surrounding her meetings with U.S. officials was cordial, both sides went to considerable effort to avoid the thornier aspects of their relationship...
Shoes, belt, a gray felt hat and a dark suit, still neatly pressed after 25 years, all rest in the Dallas office of lawyer Jules Mayer, a kind of macabre shrine to his former client Jack Ruby. Missing from this memento mori: the .38-cal. Colt Cobra that killed Lee Harvey Oswald. This bizarre souvenir of the assassination may be worth as much as $250,000 at auction. At least that's what Mayer claims as he squabbles with Ruby's two brothers and two sisters over who has rights...
...currency swap? Company officials say they want to create a "total environment" that makes visitors forget the outside world. Perhaps they also figure that customers will keep excess Disney dough as a memento, rather than cash...
...last Harvard memento, proud parents can buy a video cassette of their offspring's graduation for $130, which includes all seven hours of Class Day--morning and afternoon Exercises. The made-for-TV shortened version will also be available at a reduced cost courtesy of the Harvard Video Services (HVS). Last year 100 tapes were sold, says Robert E. DesMaisons of HVS, adding that he anticipates sales to increase as more people acquire video players...
Near the boat house, huckster Bill Coon sold Eastern Sprints t-shirts from his own table. For only seven dollars, you could get a lasting memento of your time in the circus...