Valentine’s Day Stories From Florists Across the Area
Florists share Valentine tales from delivery awkwardness to marriage proposals and emotional reactions. Ann's Florist notes men struggle with cards while daily deliveries spark guilt questions. snowstorm weeks, radio appeals, and a Valentine’s Day rush linger in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
get-Me-Not Florist Ltd
Ms. Ross
Ann's Flonst
Bush outlines defense budget rise and base visits week
President Bush frames a 1.4 billion military pay raise and 1 billion in incentives to retain personnel. Defense chief Rumsfeld promotes a force structure review as Bush plans trips to Georgia Norfolk Yeager Field Charleston and Mexico, highlighting modernization and diplomacy with Vicente Fox.
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Bush
White House
al Fleischer
Rumsfeld
Pentagon
Feld
Fox News
Ian
ABC
Georgia
U.S. Joint Forces Command
Norfolk
Army
Hugh Shelton
Joint Chiefs of Staff
USS Cole
Yemen
U.S
Yeager Field
Charleston
Wva
Air National Guard
Texas Air National Guard
State Department
Vicente Fox
Fox
Mexico
Proposal planners turn dream engagements into done deals
A New York analyst hires a proposal planner to create a sunset island moment in St Lucia with a private dinner and rose petals. The venture costs over $3,000 beyond Alden’s modest fee, drawing Bride’s Magazine comment on the trend. Alden, once a photographer, runs a service that claims 500 successful proposals in three years and offers a VIP package with three hours of planning and access to his network.
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Bill Fischer
New York
St. Lucia
Mr Alden
Mr. Fischer
General Electric
Millie Bratten
Bride‘s Magazine
Mr. Alden
Nantucket
Alden
Sedy
Steven Ito
Walnut
Calif
Sharleen Matsushita
Marriage Policy Debate Persists Over Welfare Ties
The article surveys ongoing arguments on tying welfare to marriage promotion. Policy makers discuss pro marriage spending, caseworker dialogue with pregnant women, school instruction, and pilots to boost marriages while noting mixed evidence and concerns about coercion. Prominent voices include Wendell Primus, Sandra Robertson, and Rector, highlighting tensions between aid aims and individual choice.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Wendell Primus
Center For Budget and Policy Priorities
Nts
Mr. Primus
Sandra Robertson
Georgia
Robertson
Rela- Robert
Rector
Primus
Arena
Georgia Citizens’ Coalition
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Jennifer Ross
Anna Florist
Middletown
Ms. Matsushita
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Chicago Symphony
Mr. Ito
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Alufine
Il Cath Appliances & Electronics Extra
Ene Ene Ag
Montgomery
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