Word: wreathings
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...policy -my wheelchair. They might hesitate before shooting a man in a wheelchair." In mid-January, Mijangos, who was paralyzed from the waist down, was shot in the back 27 times as he was leaving his office building-in his wheelchair. His law students tore to shreds a floral wreath sent by the ultraconservative president of Guatemala's congress, Mario Sandoval Alarc...
...walked slowly toward a granite slab that towers over an empty area near Warsaw's Old City. The memorial rises on the site of the Jewish ghetto, whose 500.000 inhabitants died either in the 1943 uprising against the Nazis or in prison camps. Solemnly, Brandt placed a huge wreath at the base of the monument. Then, unexpectedly, he dropped to his knees. For an electrifying half-minute, his face sculpted in deep emotion, Brandt knelt on the pavement. It is particularly noteworthy that this symbolic act of national atonement was performed by a man who spent World...
...wreath on Dexter Gate
...Monde called it "a planetary mourning." Flags were lowered to half-mast not only in Paris but also in London and far-off Peking. Among thousands of condolence messages that reached Madame de Gaulle was one from China's Chairman, Mao Tse-tung, who also sent a funeral wreath...
...designed a flag for black soldiers in Vietnam. A red background symbolizes blood shed by blacks in the war and in race conflict in America. A black foreground represents the face of black culture. At the center are crossed spears and shield, meaning "violence if necessary," surrounded by a wreath, symbolizing "peace if possible." The flag bears a legend in Swahili, meaning "My fear...