The final hymn was the patriotic "I Vow To Thee My Country", and then after a blessing the coffin left as slowly as it had arrived, and, as they caught sight of it, once again the crowds outside cheered.
McCain heads to the White House on Wednesday to receive the official blessing of President Bush after officially clinching the Republican presidential nomination.
Around the Allston tolls, it finally opens up, and one blessing, the Pike after the tolls is green.
He said the studio had given the project its blessing, having previously declined to fund it after the original TV show was cancelled.
The king's widow sent a letter granting her blessing to the effort if Seidler waited until after her death.
Similarly, new rules drawn up after the mutual-fund scandals have been a mixed blessing.
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz kick-started opening day with his annual "blessing of the rides, " after which the first 100 people, some of whom had stood in line since 8 a.m.
Francis applauded, then gave his blessing after Rome's mayor unveiled the simple white stone plaque marking "Giovanni Paul II Square" in a section of the vast piazza, which often hosts free rock concerts and political and labor rallies.
Anyone can receive a blessing from the temple elephant, Lakshmi. (After you give her a 100-rupee note, she whacks you gratefully on the head.) But train passengers have a special advantage: You go back at night to Hampi's central Vittala Temple complex, a compound of intricately sculpted halls with rows of pillars and the central stone chariot that gives the train its name.
Famously, Winston Churchill's wife comforted the great man after his 1945 election defeat by telling him it was a blessing in disguise.
To be sure, those insisting that the Bush administration pursue the U.N. option profess a willingness to provide a blessing, after a fashion.
But after such an incredible year hopefully it will turn out to be a blessing in disguise and be the kick up the backside we maybe needed ahead of another huge year.
One fatal overdose occurred in June 2010 at Forward Operating Base Blessing, after a soldier asked another soldier to buy black tar opium from a local Afghan outside the base's entry control point.
The team continued to play with his father's blessing, narrowly missing out on a bronze medal after losing to Afghanistan.
The musician "reluctantly" retired in early 2012 after being diagnosed with lung cancer, but according to the Troggs' biographer Alan Clayson, he gave the band his blessing to go forward.
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