Yet like Katyn, which eliminated the flower of the pre-war Polish elite, the plane crash also seems like a decapitation of Polish society.
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So it must have given Gabriel a contemporary appeal to viewers at that time, and the fabric is dominated by an enormous dianthus flower, said to be the flower of God.
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In the dimly lit space, complete with vintage-style wallpaper and velvet seating, the expert mixologists serve a concise menu of unusual drinks, such as the spicy yet refreshing Concombre Fumant, a mix of tequila, fresh cucumber and homemade chilli syrup, or the bitter Salers Smach, which features the old-fashioned tipple, Gentiane, made with the flower of the same name, alongside absinthe, Champagne and fresh mint.
Finally, using the v-chisel, Alberto makes the "leaves" of the flower by gouging shallow semi-circles on either side of the flower pattern.
The design of the dial represents The King Protea (Protea cynaroides), the national flower of South Africa.
And can we think of any benighted populace, ground beneath the jackboot of state tyranny, who would so speedily and rhapsodically declare that this hackneyed phraseology represented the very flower of rhetoric?
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The trustees of the foundation will follow Mrs Flower's wish to invest the sum in the William And Jessie Flower Fund, which will finance the education of the 50 foundation students currently at the school.
The country has been invaded, and indeed carved up, so often that the fragile flower of civic responsibility, rooted in respect for state institutions and their servants, has rarely had a chance to grow.
From the flower child of the '70s to the green politicians of the new millennium, the increase in environmental awareness has played a major role in the increasing appeal of SRIs to a wide group of investors.
The only difficulty was now that Mr. Haggis had warned us that the script had no Act III when it arrived on his villa's doorstep, I spent the movie on the edge of my lounger trying to decide when the act started so that I'd know we were being treated to the full flower of Mr. Haggis's genius.
Hummingbird feeders hang from the trees, which are naturally strung with orchids (Ecuador has more than 4, 000 species of the flower) and the air seems almost to vibrate with the staccato movements of the myriad hummingbirds.
But it was the era of flower power and free living, and entrepreneurship and computer design were not always at the forefront of his mind.
The Romans celebrated Flora, the flower goddess around the first of May.
Besides just warm weather, "We provide economic opportunity, " said Tom Hayden, mayor of the Flower Mound, Texas, a Dallas suburb of 70, 000 where the population has tripled in the past two decades.
Gilchrist is the second wicket-keeper to head the list - with Andy Flower of Zimbabwe holding the number one position for three months last year.
At Le Domaine de Manon, outside of the Grasse city limits, tours of flower fields are given during the harvest, which is generally May for roses and August through mid-October for jasmine.
The effect seems to combine the function of a vase with the bend of a flower stem.
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Highlights include some wonderfully whimsical pieces, like a brooch in the shape of a flower whose gold petals are engraved with the words "yes" and "no" on either side.
Someone capable of fainting at the glimpse of the ephemeral beauty of blooming poppies, the national flower?
When I'd finally arrive at the square of the Louvre, the pickpockets would smile at me in greeting, while the flower seller pushed a nosegay of bruised violets or tiny pink roses into my hands.
Or else they pushed a thumb on to the opened ink pad, and left a purple thumbprint like a flower on the bottom of the page.
After a street-side banquet, cap the day with a midnight tour of the riverside flower market and be struck anew by Bangkok's unexpected grace.
In the British Airways lawsuits, lawyers representing a pair of flower importers tried to enlarge the class to include hundreds of additional plaintiffs who supposedly lost money due to the air-freight cartel.
What you see above is a 100 percent crop from this image, exhibiting a great deal of sharpness given the full 8 megapixel size at which the Sensation records its images, but also an unsightly blotch of blurriness right in the middle of the flower.
Between the segments of constantly moving 3-D scenery are rows of what Flower Show officials say is the largest display of white orchids and anthuriums ever assembled.
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The 5, 000 rose bushes flower through most of the year.
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In the opening match of the tournament, he and Andy Flower issued a statement condemning President Robert Mugabe's government and wore black armbands to mourn "the death of democracy".
First Wambugu isolates the gene that codes for the production of insecticidal pyrethrins in the pyrethrum flower and extracts them.
Koeslag notes that the flower is a symbol of resilience because of its ability to survive tough conditions, including wild fires.
But when he passed out one morning, she rushed him to the emergency room in the Dallas suburb of Flower Mound, Texas.
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