Word: candlestick
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...Gina Grant, an all-star student at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, was accepted to join the Harvard Class of 1999. On her application, however, she failed to mention that she had bludgeoned her abusive, alcoholic mother to death with a crystal candlestick at age 14. Though the case was sealed, letters began to flow to the Boston Globe after she was featured in an article about successful, under-resourced students. The College rescinded her offer of admission...
...Museum of Islamic Art. Ecker carefully combed the 900-plus pieces of Islamic art in the DIA's collection, most of which was stored in the basement. Some pieces, like shards of pots, weren't worthy of being publicly shown. Others were striking finds, like the massive gilded copper candlestick the DIA acquired from a Belgian art dealer in 1922. It had been classified as an 18th century candlestick but was actually made between 1400 and 1500 in what is now Turkey. Some people thought the candle looked like a church bell...