Word: florian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Arlington National Cemetery suggested by him was considered and rejected. The portion of the Washington Mall that includes the Rainbow Pool, the agreed-upon site for the memorial, needs a structure to enhance it. The four panels that reviewed design submissions selected, independently and unanimously, Friedrich St. Florian's design as the most appropriate for the site and for the significance of World War II. FRED F. WOERNER General, U.S.A. (ret.); Chairman The National Battle Monuments Commission Washington
...have every saint that's made," the cashier says proudly. "We've got police officer's medals with St. Michael and medals for firemen with St. Florian. We've even got medals for the mentally ill, with St. Dymphna on them...
...Houston berating a desk clerk or a homesick American family dashing into a Venetian Wendy's. The U.S. cannot be that broke, comes the comforting thought, since some of us still have enough credit left on our charge cards to venture abroad. As the outdoor piano in front of Florian cafe plays Feelings, there is an irresistible urge to gauge world prosperity by categorizing vacationers by nationality: a large Japanese tour group; seven Germans all with guidebooks; three French couples (undoubtedly sneering at the food); and -- yea, team! -- five certifiable Americans...
...victim, Florian Thompson of Boston, was stabbed several times outside the Church St. restaurant at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, according to an employee of the restaurant. Bystanders said Thompson was attempting to help a Border Cafe waiter stop a man who had stolen two cases of beer from the restaurant when he was stabbed repeatedly in the back...
...went most of the way toward meeting Walesa's demands. In a major Cabinet reshuffle he dismissed three prominent former Communists and two other non-Solidarity ministers. The major casualties were Interior Minister Czeslaw Kiszczak, who interned thousands of Solidarity activists during the martial-law crackdown in 1981, and Florian Siwicki, Defense Minister since...