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Later that afternoon, after he made his U.S. arrival official by placing a wreath on the tomb of Arlington's unknown servicemen. General de Gaulle drove down Pennsylvania Avenue to his first official White House conference. When he came out 75 minutes later, his long, solemn face intimidated even Washington's hard-case press corps. Here was the Western statesman who had last had contact with Khrushchev, the man who was to play host to next month's summit conference?and the newsmen were almost mute. Surely De Gaulle had reported to Ike on his conversations with Khrushchev...
Precious Encouragements. But within a matter of hours, there was a startling change in public opinion. The change was the work of De Gaulle himself. After laying a wreath at the statue of Marshal Foch, France's World War I commander, De Gaulle suddenly turned away from the waiting VIPs and strode into the watching throng, began pumping hands. At his first-night banquet in the state ballroom of Buckingham Palace, De Gaulle displayed unabashed emotion and proud remembrance. Thanking Britain for assuming the burden of war after the fall of France, he recalled the "most precious encouragements...
...Giuseppe and Gaetano-called on Salvatore and said: "You have dishonored our sister. You must marry her." Salvatore protested in vain that he had only kissed her. The brothers spread their threats to the marketplace. Sebastiano told Salva-tore's mother: "You'd better get a mourning wreath ready for your door," and Antonio gave Nina a small Beretta pistol, with 150 rounds of ammunition...
Battle of Wreaths. Next morning at 11:30, Mikoyan laid a hammer-and-sickle wreath on the statue of Jose Marti, Cuba's George Washington, and took off for the Palace of Fine Arts, two blocks away, to open the exposition with an outdoor speech. A few minutes later a small group of students approached the statue with their own wreath, bearing a ribbon that said: "Vindication for the visit of the assassin Mikoyan." When cops waved them off, a student shouted: "If he can place a wreath, why can't we?" Soldiers guarding Mikoyan at the exposition...
...Wreath. In the thunderous heyday of Prohibition gangsterism, Roger the Terrible was the jaunty cockalorum of northwest Cook County. After leasing a few trucks to rumrunners, he abandoned a $50,000-a-year automobile business for bootlegging-and thereupon set in motion a relentless procession of events that led to his death. With a partner, Matt Kolb, he carved out an empire of suburban speakeasies, controlled a big slot-machine franchise, sold 18,000 bottles of illicit beer each week, boasted that he made $1,000,000 a year. He also made enemies: to Al Capone and his henchmen, Touhy...