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...King of Diamonds" by the U.S. press founder Charles Lewis Tiffany aspired to supply items for every milestone, from gold armlets for newborns to onyx mourning crosses to remember the American Civil War dead. Tiffany's designers often worked with such U.S.-sourced gems as Montana sapphires and Mississippi river pearls, and favored American naturalism over European historicism. As John Loring, design director of Tiffany's since 1979, explains, "Our unofficial motto is that Mother Nature is the best designer." From a delicate diamond-and-sapphire dragon-fly hair ornament (circa 1895) to an Art Deco platinum-and-diamond necklace...
...Arabs for doing business with Israelis even as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict still rages. But he insists that such deals will benefit the region by forming business bridges. "This is a very big step," says Sawiris, sipping an espresso in his 26th-floor office overlooking downtown Cairo, the Nile River and the Giza pyramids. "I am betting that peace will prevail...
...immediately sent Ajam to the nearest hospital to start her on antiretroviral drugs (ARVs)--an approach even a traditionalist like Ajam heartily endorses. "For minor cases, I still use local herbs," says Ajam, 51, a roadside bread vendor in Alenga, Uganda, a sprawling settlement overlooking the Nile River. "But it's the ARVs that are keeping me alive...
Freshman Seminar 25v, “Avian Influenza: Emerging Infectious Disease”: Beware of the ducks by the Charles River. Freshman Seminar 30z, “From Russia With Love”: James Bond movies are sadly omitted from the syllabus in the course guide. Freshman Seminar 31p, “How To Look At Paintings”: Step 1—Look...
...Marjayoun just north of the Israeli border, crashing booms of Israeli shellfire exploded in a nearby valley at the foot of Shebaa Farms mountainside, an Israeli- occupied strip of territory that Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 war. Israeli aircraft also destroyed three key bridges across the Litani River, cutting off much of southeast Lebanon from the capital. One Lebanese soldier and two civilians were killed when Qasimiyeh Bridge, six miles north of Tyre, was blown up. Lebanese troops blocked the roads leading to the destroyed bridges and instructed motorists to return north and get out of the area...