51.   At Parliament, three men in skirts of palm fronds raised an ornate flag of pounded tree bark in defiance of the military.

52.   As the crowd waved palm fronds and olive branches, the pope at the end was driven through the piazza in a white, open-top vehicle.

53.   Bishop Samuel Ruiz of nearby San Cristobal de las Casas said Mass over the coffins in front of a makeshift altar of palm fronds and tree trunks.

54.   Colored paper chains and shiny party decorations hung from a ceiling of palm fronds.

55.   Civilians waved palm fronds, beat drums and sang after days of cowering in their homes.

56.   Earlier Sunday, protesters prayed for divine help as Easter week began, waving palm fronds and posters of the Cuban boy and Jesus.

57.   Guatemalans, Nicaraguans and Salvadorans have rolled out red carpets and decorated cathedrals with palm fronds and flowers.

58.   He held up his palm frond to shade his grinning face.

59.   Historians believe the original mosque probably was built of mud bricks, with palm fronds for the roof.

60.   Hundreds of children waved palm fronds and formed an honor guard outside the marae, an ornate meeting place regarded as sacred land.