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...just celebrated your 75th birthday. Or rather the celebrations are ongoing. My sister Eunice wants to know why I have to have several, and I told her, Well, I was the ninth member of the family. I had two sisters who had their birthdays on Feb. 20, and mine's on Feb. 22, so the house was always lively on Feb. 20, and then [the next day] someone would say, Oh, my goodness, Teddy's birthday is coming up tomorrow. So I've been wanting to make...
Nunn and his teams decided a comprehensive mine-to-magazine approach was needed, and they found a blueprint in their own backyard in South Africa at the De Beers diamond company. Several current best-selling books look at how trends are spawned and spread, and debate continues over whether one could completely engineer the next Big Thing. The answer is yes: De Beers...
TanzaniteOne invested in new technology for the mine and backed marketing and education initiatives. Clear guidelines on qualities, especially color, were established to eliminate price confusion. Nearly all tanzanite is heated to 450°C to develop its blue color, and the finest quality tanzanite is predominantly blue with violet accents. Quality tanzanite costs between $500 and $1,200 per carat at retail. Greig, the South African jeweler, says $1,000 per carat is a good benchmark. Buyers should demand certification from an independent laboratory. Top-grade flawless sells for $1,500 and up per carat and represents only...
...Avalon, a nightclub on Lansdowne Street next to Fenway Park. On Nov. 26, 2006, bouncer Craig Vierra was stabbed by a 20-year-old man and later died in the hospital.“You know they did all this [the new restrictions] because a friend of mine got stabbed,” says Erich J. Lamb, who spends many nights a week standing in the area between the row of clubs and a nearby parking garage. Lamb passes time getting to know clubbers and bouncers while standing behind a cart emblazoned with the words “Italian Sausage...
Make no mistake, however. While I’m tired of the detrimental coverage that hip-hop has received, the genre is still a great, great love of mine. Common’s own love affair with hip-hop might be in the past, but for me, it’s still going strong. I’m not in agreement with Nas—hip-hop is alive and well, and I’m loving every lyric...