Word: wreath
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...diagram of death's arrow with the motto, "It pierces eternally, flies quickly and kills." Before the two figures is a tumbled mass of emblems of the world: armor and a wheel-lock gun (military glory), a bishop's miter and a papal tiara (religious authority), a laurel wreath (cultural fame), money, jewels, playing cards, sheet music-and a mirror that reflects only a skull...
This time his men had to push Major John Howard, 81, over Pegasus Bridge in a wheelchair as they marched to lay a wreath on the monument marking the landing of the British glider troops l6 minutes into D-day. They were the first Allied soldiers on the ground, and they captured the bridge in a few minutes, a distinction they do not want to lose in the crowded annals of history. Every year since, they have come back to give a champagne toast on the minute for their small but stunning victory. The champagne is courtesy of the French...
...point in "The Ref," wife/mom Caroline (Judy Davis) has her entire family wear Scandinavian candle-wreaths on their heads. When the camera pans around the dining room table allowing viewers a glimpse of each family member with a candle-wreath on his or her head, the audience erupts in laughter. Overheard by this reporter in the bathroom after the movie: "I thought I was gonna die when they had those candles on their heads...
...RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN laid a wreath of flowers at a commemoration site to apologize for the massacre of 15,000 Polish army officers by Soviet forces in Katyn Forest during World...
...plan would wipe out 85,000 jobs and devastate timber-dependent towns. "The program is dead on arrival," fumed mill owner John Hampton, chairman of the Northwest Forest Resource Council. And while protesting loggers in the Northwest tossed empty caskets on a flaming pyre and sent a funeral wreath to the White House, House Speaker Tom Foley of Washington State was smoldering...