11.   Ann Stock, White House social secretary, said the towering floral bouquets in the center of each round table were unusual.

12.   At the end of the show, the grandmothers were given floral bouquets wrapped in ribbons and cellphone, and a big cake.

13.   In Croatia, sympathizers placed dozens of floral bouquets on the pavement outside the American Embassy.

14.   Interior Minister Sanan Kachornprasart presented Prem with the traditional gift of floral bouquets at his home on behalf of the government of Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai.

15.   Menem traveled to the Islamic Cemetery in Buenos Aires, where he laid a floral bouquet at the tomb of his son, Carlos Jr.

16.   Most European nations observed a three-minute silence in the morning or at noon as banks of floral bouquets swelled outside American embassies.

17.   Most European nations observed a three-minute silence in the morning or at noon as floral bouquets swelled outside American embassies.

18.   Smiling, the pontiff spoke for several minutes with a group of children who presented him a floral bouquet.

19.   They will bring floral bouquets to be dropped near the site.

20.   Remnants of floral bouquets marked each site where a body had been found.