Word: wreath
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Next day, when Rosalynn called on Catholic Primate Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, a symbol of resistance to Communism, Polish-born Brzezinski did the translating. The President meantime laid a wreath at the Tomb of Poland's Unknown Soldier, as more than 500 people broke through police lines, shouting "Carter! Car-ter!" and "Niech zyje [long life]!" It was one of the few occasions when he had firsthand contact with ordinary Poles, many of whom regard him as a symbol of freedom because of his support for human rights. Later, when he placed flowers at the Nike (Greek for victory) monument...
...goes according to schedule, the President will place a wreath at New Delhi's Rajhat shrine to Mohandas Gandhi, outline to the Indian Parliament his hopes for helping the world's poor and explore with Prime Minister Morarji Desai ways to improve U.S.-Indian relations. Under Desai's predecessor, Indira Gandhi, New Delhi warmed up to the Soviets and cold-shouldered the U.S., particularly after President Nixon's "tilt" in favor of Pakistan during the 1971 war with India. Desai and Carter will talk about how the U.S. could aid the Indian economy. The President...
Entering his coronation palace-actually, a sports arena disguised with flowers and rich draperies-Emperor Bokassa looked cool and calm. He wore a white robe set off with two striped sashes in the C.A.E.'s national colors (blue, white, green, yellow and red) and a wreath of golden laurel on his balding head. Ascending his throne-shaped in the form of a giant eagle, with a 13.6-ft. wingspan, 800 gilded feathers and a seat carved out of the bird's belly-Bokassa donned a flowing ermine and velvet cape with a 39-ft. train. The Emperor then...
...large Coptic minority, he stopped at the nearby Church of the Holy Sepulcher, which in Christian tradition sanctifies the spot where Jesus rose from the dead. With his hosts, he visited Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial to the 6 million victims of Hitler's Holocaust and also laid a wreath at Israel's Unknown Soldier memorial outside the Knesset building. There was a working lunch with Begin and Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan. Sadat and his host apparently got along well personally. "We like each other," said
...center, an open tabernacle showing the sacred Torah, flanked by two menorahs. The other walls, however, are decorated with such pagan symbols as peacocks, doves and sea horses. On the ceiling of one vault is a mysterious picture of a woman crowning a naked man with a wreath...