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...sense, Belle Époque jewelers were reacting against the Second Empire's exclusive concentration on massive, brilliantly cut diamonds, which followed the opening up of the African diamond fields. Seeking color and form rather than carats, jewelers reintroduced the beauty of semiprecious stones, particularly the shimmering opal, and outdid one another with bizarre settings. In place of the perfect jewel, the flawed gem was exploited, the odd-shaped pearl stressed for its singularity and enamels and glass were often preferred to gold. It took courage to wear these creations; it took, in fact, a new kind of woman...
Released from jail on $5,000 bond, Reese faced an audience of some 350 Negroes, bowed to a standing ovation, and outdid Abernathy in his emotional approach: "The white man is not after Reese. He is after us. We must trust one another and stick together. If anybody knows about embezzlement, the Southern white man knows. He embezzled my mother, he embezzled my grandmother, he embezzled my grandfather. He cannot say to anybody, 'You are accused of embezzlement,' because if we could collect all he embezzled, the white man would be in rags...
...paint, and ship the oil abroad-either privately or through the many Government aid programs. Between 1958 and 1962, De Angelis built a sprawling refinery in Bayonne and leased 139 oil storage tanks, many as tall as five-story buildings. Operating in a slippery, fiercely competitive industry, he outdid other companies by buying the most modern equipment, paying the highest wages and putting in the lowest bids for Government export contracts. By 1962, he accounted for three-quarters of the nation's exports of soybean and cottonseed oils, shipping 361 million lbs. All this required considerable capital-and that...
...battle raged on-with a rising crescendo that outdid even the first violent days of the revolt launched in the name of deposed President Juan Bosch. What hope there was for a solution came not so much from the diplomatic palaver but from military action. In an all-out attack in the northern part of the city, the suddenly resurgent loyalist forces of Brigadier General Antonio Imbert Barreras dealt a severe blow to the conglomeration of rebellious soldiers, Communist guerrillas and pro-Bosch civilians led by Colonel Caama...
Chanel even outdid Chanel. Stealing the spotlight from her celebrated suits were gay, graceful dresses, many sidewrapped, mostly ruffled, pleated or tiered. Top Coco: an elegant-innocent white organdy evening dress with enough ruffles to fill Swan Lake...