Word: wreath
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ceilinged concourse, 21 broad stairways lead to 28 bus-loading stations where 750 buses load and unload the building each day. The concourse's walls are lined with shops where the Pentagonian can buy a uniform or a brassiére, a bestseller or a funeral wreath, a birthday cake or a railroad ticket, get a haircut or a loan. Once a guiding officer boasted to visiting General Henri Giraud that the Pentagon office girl could buy both a wedding ring and a baby carriage within its walls. The Frenchman asked: "Which do they buy first...
Bred to Stay. It was a big day for Jockey McCreary, 30, who won the 1944 Derby on Pensive and almost gave up riding last year after a streak of bad breaks. As he hugged the traditional wreath of roses, McCreary said happily: "They smell pretty-smell like money" (10% of the purse...
Another honor came to MacArthur in 1946 when the City of Cambridge named a Square for him, Mayor Crane stated. He plans to ask the General upon his arrival to place a wreath on the Square. "What I would like," added the Mayor, "is a combined Cambridge-Harvard observance of the General's visit...
Then he reviewed a parade, spoke at a big luncheon, whirled up to Columbia University, accepted an LL.D. degree, made a speech, whirled back, and went to another banquet. Bright & early the next day, he was driven up the Hudson. He laid a wreath on Franklin Roosevelt's grave, lunched with Eleanor Roosevelt, went on to West Point, reviewed a parade, listened to two 21-gun salutes (one coming, one going) by 105-mm. howitzers and hurried back to the city...
...White House for a chat and addressed the National Press Club. Later in the week he received a rousing ovation when he spoke to the Western Hemisphere foreign ministers (see HEMISPHERE). Between times he made a quick trip to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, visited Mount Vernon, laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and attended another formal dinner given by Secretary of State Dean Acheson...