Word: orchid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wedding, which began in front of the Guests' fireplace at a minute after midnight on St. Valentine's Day. She had picked the dress to have "something old"-she had bought it a week before. Her stockings were "something new," her handkerchief "borrowed" and her orchid "blue." Rockefeller wore a tan gabardine suit. His voice sank as he made the responses. Bobo answered clearly; the Presbyterian minister omitted the word "obey...
...another, a collection of the founder's personal belongings was on exhibition, including her Bible and her drinking cup (for orange juice). The 5,300-seat auditorium and the many other rooms were in almost constant use for rallies, seminars, motion pictures, exhibits. The elevator operator, a leafy orchid in her hair, loudly hummed What a Friend We Have in Jesus. And everywhere ministers and delegates with convention buttons as big as flying saucers were meeting and greeting...
Corinne Griffith, melting beauty ("The Orchid of the Screen") of silent movies, was ready for a new career as an authoress this week. Her literary work: a ten-year history of the Washington Redskins football team (owner: husband George Preston Marshall...
...next two days were heavy with fog and rain. The Trumans passed them in relative quiet. With White House Physician Wallace Graham, an orchid fancier, the President clambered 1,000 feet up precipitous Corcovado Mountain behind the American Embassy. They found six orchid plants, one in bloom. Mrs. Truman and Margaret went out shopping, bought handbags, filigree jewelry and carved wooden animals. The President made a surprise appearance at the opera, drew a wild ovation...
First prize (?150) went to the Hon. Hugh Fraser, Conservative M.P., who had wisely bought a notoriously intelligent companion. Then the happy hunters had a ham and tongue supper, afterward moved to London's Orchid Room. The party broke...