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Ireland's greatest export is men. Some 40,000 emigrate every year, mostly to Britain and the U.S., because there are few jobs at home. Those who do remain on the emerald farms and in the cities face a flinty life in one of Europe's poorest nations...
...inspiration, the senior partner of Harrison & Abramovitz in 1954 toured the great cathedrals of England, France and Germany. Through his friend, Painter Fernand Leger, he met Chartres' famed stained-glass artist, Gabriel Loire, who molded the glass according to Harrison's design. The ruby, amber, amethyst, emerald and sapphire glass sections, roughly chipped to flash like jewels, are laid out to form abstract designs representing the Crucifixion and Resurrection...
Winter Wait. It was only after he returned to Baghdad that Feisal remembered protocol long enough to send the Premier of Iraq and the Chief of the Royal Palace hotfooting to Istanbul with a large diamond and emerald engagement ring...
...fair return for the lavish displays of foods, fireworks and fineries laid out in her honor at every turn, Elizabeth dazzled her hosts with her own rarest jewels, including an emerald tiara intertwined with diamonds formerly owned by the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, wife of the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and the famed 26-carat pink diamond from the mines of Tanganyika that was a wedding gift to Elizabeth. Beneath her glittering tiaras, the Queen's smile was invariably radiant. But perhaps the diplomatic device by which Elizabeth most thoroughly endeared herself to the exquisitely gowned ladies...
Wish You Were Here. In Jackson, Miss., the U.S. Weather Bureau reported observing one morning at 11:35 ". . . unquestionably the most beautiful thing in all the heavens ... a magnificent display of iridescent clouds. We saw numerous splotches among the cirrus clouds of gorgeous opalescent rose pinks, emerald greens and turquoise blues. It occurred in a small area about 15 degrees from the sun and lasted only about 15 minutes. It can be fully explained, but only in the language of a meteorologist. However, it can be said that it was only a fragment of a giant halo due to unusually...