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...Greig Jewellers, with six stores in South Africa. "It's a color that looks good on everyone, which is not the case for emeralds and rubies." Seven years ago, he says, tanzanite was difficult to come by, but today it represents an astounding 20% of sales in his stores, equal to watches and topped only by diamonds, which account for a third of his sales. "It is by far our most important colored gemstone," Greig says. "We are not pushing tanzanite, but that is where the market is taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Romancing a New Stone | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...late, though, that idyllic picture of Mother Nature's playground has been sullied by a string of unconnected calamities, adding up to one long winter of discontent. Meteorological disasters, shocking deaths, bureaucratic fumbles and other improbabilities, all separate but equal in their impact, have confounded natives and newcomers alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Low Down in Mile High | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...Baha’i religion stresses the idea of a united world population and the equal validity of all faiths. The religious community also eschews any form of hierarchy. Thus the president of the Harvard Baha’i Association, Michael A. Sabet ’07, is president in name only. He is a point of contact for the group for the Harvard community, but he has no official role within the organization. “Aside from prayer, which is mandatory, there is very little ritual—no clergy” says Sabet. “Each...

Author: By Kaoru Takasaki, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Baha'i: The New High | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

...Baha’i is based upon the inclusion and equality of other religious ideas. As Sabet explains, his interpretation of faith includes belief in Christ. “I hold Christ and Baha’i to be of the same station, equally worthy of veneration” he says, “because they’re equal in the Baha’i mind.” [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...

Author: By Kaoru Takasaki, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Baha'i: The New High | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

...foot-plus druidic monolith in a dark jacket and black turtleneck. And there was a light tan limestone box about two feet long lying on a table in front of Cameron - which the Titanic director was presenting as the burial box of Jesus Christ. All things being equal, we know who would be the bigger draw. (It was John Lennon who said he was bigger than Jesus, not Cameron, right?) But all things were not equal. Those in the room knew that Cameron was provably authentic. The other guy? Much more problematic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This Jesus's Tomb? | 2/26/2007 | See Source »

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