Word: emeralds
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...beam system that throws streamers of color over the dancers and peppers the floor with shards of light. At one moment, the crowd may be enveloped by a mixture of fog and Faberge; at another, clouds of red smoke billow from the floor, subsiding in a gentle shower of emerald as a green laser beam bounces off mirrored balls festooning the ceiling...
...room are autographed photos of a younger Ted Hesburgh standing comfortably beside Popes and Presidents. His hair is less black now and his heavy jaw fuller, but he still has the handsome black-Irish looks of his mother. There is an inscribed silver plate from Jackie Kennedy and an emerald-studded ring from Pope Paul. He has become a virtual prince among priests. The sound of a Beethoven recording, a gift from the president of RCA, plays softly in the background...
South Boston sparkled a vibrant green as fresh as the Emerald Isle itself yesterday as Boston's close-knit Irish community gathered together along a three-mile parade route to laugh and dance, drink and kiss, mock politicians, cheer local heroes and occasionally watch the marchers...
...from a private American collection. Another bit of Americana: the upright piano that Teddy Roosevelt played while he was President. Mitsukoshi's shelves were stocked with $3.3 million in U.S.-made goods. Among the scores of items: McDonald's hamburgers, Ben Hogan golf clubs, a $566,000 emerald ring from Tiffany...
There is, for instance, the 16,000.83-carat "Vulgari Emerald." In no way connected with famed Bulgari diamond merchants, of course, the Vulgari is surrounded by "diamonds and pearls. . . except for the third pearl from the left, which is courtesy of Woolworth's." Other gems are the " 'La Fabiola' Faerie Diamond," the "Royal Order of the Corset" rubies, and the social climber's special-an outsized pendant dubbed "The Fitz-Hall" ("and it does"), featuring France's Regent diamond, now barricaded in the Louvre...