Word: pinks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...seat as a newly elected Illinois Congressman, Mary had the presumption to accompany him--an unusual move for a political wife back then. She was on a mission, though. Having already tutored her mate in the fine points of proper manners and dress ("I do not think he knew pink from blue when I married him," she once told her sister), she made no secret of her ambition to see him ascend to the presidency one day. Later, during Lincoln's unsuccessful campaign for the Senate, Mary monitored his treatment by the press, lobbied on his behalf and cheered...
...Kitsch Archie McPhee www.mcphee.com Seattle-based shop hawking all sorts of odd and wonderful things, like Bacon Strips Bandages (see Hygiene, under Lifestyle), Pink Lawn Whirlygigs (Lawn & Garden), Jesus, Beethoven and Edgar Allen Poe action figures (Amusements) and much, much more. Other product categories include Pirate, Hula, Voodoo and Elvis...
...costs $300 in Grand Boulevard, not including the grave. The coffin is pine, covered with white doeskin on the outside and crepe within. It measures between 24 in. and 30 in. in length by 12 in. in width. Sometimes, as a courtesy, the funeral director will include a pink or blue ribbon across the inside of the coffin...
...doesn't want to get married, doesn't want to husband-steal," Richardson explains. "There are other things she wants to do. She feels in charge of her life. The stigma is not gone, but it's fading. She's not the scarlet woman anymore. Call her the pink woman or something like that...
After the one-hour, 15-minute nuptial Mass, the limousines and buses delivered the 450 guests to the Kennedy compound, where two huge white tents equipped with heavy sidewalls and heaters kept out the chill breeze off Nantucket Sound. Inside, fruit trees in full pink-and-white bloom gave the lie to the weather, and a sumptuous lunch was capped by an eight-tier wedding cake weighing a whopping 425 lbs. and topped by the traditional bride and groom figures...