Word: carat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week Arpels basked in a notoriety all his own. Caparisoned in a trim salt-and-pepper sports suit and oodles of pearls, Helene paraded into a Manhattan court to tell a sordid tale of domestic dolor. Arpels had turned out to be a 24-carat gem dandy, complained Helene, who married him in 1933, but his diamonds were another girl's best friend. The other woman: "a mere nightclub singer named Juliana Larson." After acting distracted last year in France, testified Helene, Arpels announced to her that "he didn't have much time to live and wanted...
...Walsh MacLean. who owned it and needed a little ready cash, it could not be found. Mrs. McLean finally had an inspiration and called: "Mike! Here. Mike!" In bounded a great Dane. Twisted about his neck was an ornate necklace of 72 diamonds centering on the unique 44½ carat Hope. Mrs. McLean handed over the stone and in exchange Simpson handed her a loan of $36,500. Author Simpson is now retired, but still grows agreeably lyrical about the carats and characters he has known...
...Carat Topped. In Los Angeles, a notice was posted in police headquarters in City Hall: "18-carat white-gold engagement ring with 12 diamonds to trade for a .38-cal., 2-in. barreled revolver...
Thousands of Egyptians paid 50 piasters ($1.40) apiece to gawk at the other items of the King's ransom displayed in the palace library. They saw a solid gold, 11-in. replica of the Suez lighthouse, a diamond-encrusted fly-whisk handle. An 18-carat gold bottleholder (still holding a bottle of Pepsi-Cola) stood near...
...kitchen-loving housewife, Dallas' Linz Bros, displayed a bracelet bangle in the form of a 14-carat gold sink with tiny diamonds streaming from the faucets. Price: $200. Another Linz offering: a man's pocket watch, which tells the day of the week, phase of the moon, date of the month and year, and strikes the quarter hours in pretty chimes...