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Prices of other inflation hedges were also trimmed. A flawless one-carat diamond fell from $26,500 to $19,500. Coins, stamps and Chinese ceramics declined in value. Interestingly, precious metals did not. By the end of the year, gold was selling for $448 per oz., up from $400, and silver had risen from $8.25 to $10.90. One explanation: fears among some investors that efforts to lift the world economy out of recession will set off a round of hyperinflation...
...detective is searching for the exquisite Pink Panther diamond, which has disappeared from the mythical Middle Eastern country of Lukash (as it did in Clouseau's 1962 debut film, The Pink Panther). His scourge and rival, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) is livid that the clumsy Clouseau has drawn another choice assignment. But the President of Lukash wants the renowned Clouseau--until, that is, he learns that he stands to make big bucks in insurance as long as the diamond remains missing. Shortly thereafter, Clouseau disappears...
Before there was a "good ol' Mare" on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, even before her role as Laura Petrie on the Dick Van Dyke Show, there were the legs. They were the shapely stems seen in the old TV detective chestnut Richard Diamond, and they were the props that enabled Mary Tyler Moore to get chorus-line jobs on television's Jimmy Durante Show and Eddie Fisher Show. But those dancing days were, sorry to bring it up, 25 years ago. Now living in New York City, Moore, 45, decided to see if she could still...
...movie goers since June, easily outpacing the previous front runner, Star Wars. With December openings in foreign capitals, he is starting to duplicate that triumph around the globe. A novelization of Melissa Mathison's script has sold more than 3 million copies, an illustrated storybook another million. Heartlight, Neil Diamond's musical homage to E.T, has sold more than a million albums since September. And, even in this recession-blitzed Christmas season, E.T. dolls were whisked off department-store shelves as fast as they could be flown in from Taiwan and Korea...
...diet conscious America, there were 2-lb. fruitcakes selling for 49?, and 4 Ibs. of mixed nuts cost 79?. A man's cotton-broadcloth shirt sold for $1.69, and a wool sweater for $1.95. For women, black leather oxfords cost $1.98, and a one-quarter carat diamond set in 18-karat white gold was priced...