1.   Too high expectations could kill its subtle pleasures like a combat boot on a rose pedal.

2.   According to witnesses both Tariq and Rehman had stepped out of a police van and their supporters were showering them with rose pedals when the bomb exploded.

3.   As the parade began under clear skies and cool temperatures, helicopters dropped rose pedals from the sky.

4.   President Clinton scattered rose pedals today at the memorial of the father of the Indian nation, revered pacifist Mohandas Gandhi.

5.   School children tossed rose pedals, a military band played a welcoming march and garlands of flowers were draped over each Sri Lankan player.