Word: golconda
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...years he has been dealing with diamonds, buying and selling some of the most expensive and famous stones in the world, including the 100.57-carat Star of America, an octagonal certified D-flawless; La Favorite, a historic 50.15-carat D-color, and the Idol's Eye, a 70.20-carat Golconda diamond with an extremely rare blue tint...
There was much optimism in Africa in the 1970s, in the first full decade or two after the granting of independence. Africa had its Golconda of commodities -- cocoa, coffee, copper and palm oil -- and their prices were high. Africans borrowed against those prices; the world happily lent. Unlike other countries now heavily indebted, African nations owe the bulk of their debt to First World governments, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank rather than to commercial banks and other private creditors...
...Alistair Cooke, introduces classic cartoons from an overstuffed leather chair: he annotates a Donald Duck short called Straight Shooters by reciting a Baudelaire poem in French to explicate Donald's existential behavior. About 40% of the channel's programming is mined from the Disney library, a Golconda of 60 years of treasures that include 450 cartoon shorts, 561 episodes of The Mickey Mouse Club, 75 episodes of Zorro ("He makes the sign of the Zeee!") and 200 never-before-syndicated hours of Disney's long-running Sunday night series. (Not to be shown are 16 classic Disney...
...Lady Golconda's sire, Hasty Road, was a good racer (he won over $500,000) and a notable sire. He is by Roman, who was twice leading Juvenile sire and once leading broodmare sire. Roman is in turn by Sir Gallahad III, one of the greatest sires of all time, the sire of triple crown winner Gallant Fox, and the grandsire of triple crown winner Omaha. Hasty Road's maternal grandsire is Discovery, a champion racer and an excellent sire. Other daughters of Discovery include Miss Disco, Bold Ruler's dam, and Geisha, the dam of Native Dancer. Discovery...
...Lady Golconda's maternal grandsire is Bull Lea, who was to racing just after the Second World War what Bold Ruler is to present-day racing. Bull Lea not only sired triple crown winner Citation, but also Coaltown, Armed, Bewitch, and many other superb horses. Unlike Bold Ruler, Bull Lea established his reputation on a limited number of high quality mares, without the benefits of the recent influx of fine imported bloodlines. Finally, Lady Golconda traces in tail female to Nellie Flag, a granddaughter...