Word: wreath
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...spelled out in English and Hebrew on the memorial's floor, Brandt heard the cantor chant: "Let the Lord remember the souls of our brethren ... who were put to death, and who were killed and choked, and who were buried alive." As Brandt wordlessly moved to lay a wreath against the "Tomb of the Martyrs' Ashes," a look of anguish passed over his face. He stood for a moment in dramatic silence, his hands clasped in front...
...later!' Then there was acceptance. You get to the point when you can say of his life, and your life with him, 'Well, it was all rounded out.' " She stopped the car for a moment at the little walled cemetery where a wreath of Texas evergreens marked the grave of Lyndon Johnson and a circle of tourists stood in quiet respect. Craning to see the license plates of their cars in the parking area, she noted with pleasure, "California . . . Pennsylvania . . . Michigan." Then she drove on, humming a cheerful tune...
Last week, the Polish government commemorated the 30th anniversary of the resistance with a 25-minute wreath-laying ceremony at a massive black Monument to the Heroes of the Ghetto. Said Marek Edelman, 53, the only leader of the uprising who still lives in Poland: "We proved that a few people, hungry and poorly equipped, could resist, and that the Germans were not a superhuman force...
Later that day, Maya, Claude and Paloma drove to Vauvenargues and placed a large wreath of vivid flowers in the cemetery overlooking the chateau. "That was as close to our fa ther as we could get," Maya said. "It's sad. The whole situation is very delicate." The next day, Paulo's son Pablo, 24, of nearby Golfe-Juan, was reported in serious condition after drinking a bottle of chloric acid. According to his mother (who has long been separated from Paulo), Pablo had been despondent about being kept from seeing his grandfather. Others said he had also...
...course stretches 26 miles, 385 yards, from Hopkinton past admiring Wellesley College females, up Heartbreak Hill to the screaming Eagles of Boston College and then down to the Prudential Center. Boston Mayor Kevin White will be waiting there with a laurel wreath and a bowl of beef stew--but no kisses--for the lucky winner...