Word: jeweler
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...Sidhe, one with magic powers. Her fame spread. An elderly English liberal baronet followed her to a Donegal cottage, thrust a diamond pendant into her hand as he unsuccessfully proposed. Said Maud: "I thank you for the gracious thought, and your kindness shall not be wasted. This jewel will save this family from eviction...
...display this week at Richmond's Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the eggs are the work of an intense, spade-bearded jeweler named Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920). Starting out in his father's small shop in St. Petersburg as a young apprentice, Fabergé became court jeweler to Alexander III and Nicholas II, and the most sought after goldsmith of his time. Russia's Easter eggs are his proudest creation. Fabergé turned out his first as a surprise for Alexander III's Czarina. At a glance, it seemed to be a plain chicken...
...Jewel thefts on Park Avenue...
...declining sun flooded the hills of Judea and Moab with golden light, and it seemed to me, too, that the transfigured heights were watching ... dimly aware, perhaps, that this was the beginning of the return of their own people after many days. Below us lay Jerusalem, gleaming like a jewel...
...three-foot sword. Disguising himself as a bobby, Lawford gives Scotland Yard an invaluable assist in tracking down the Terror, thereby further endearing himself to the police commissioner's beautiful daughter (Dawn Addams), whom he has already captivated with such gems of repartee as: "I think if a jewel thief looked at you, he'd never know what jewelry you were wearing...