Word: topaz
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Frightened by the uproar, Fenton had meanwhile buried the jewels beneath a palm tree on a lonely beach. Questioned, he claimed steadfastly that he had hardly known the vacationers, said that as far as he remembered Mrs. Hallock had never displayed any jewelry more flamboyant than a trivial topaz ring. As Mrs. Hoffman tore Fenton's story to shreds, police grilled Waiter Rios, whose share of the loot had been only $200 in cash. Rios admitted that Fenton had hired him to help rob the couple. On the 17th day Fenton lost his nerve; news had arrived that...
...once the apse, a workman touched a loose piece of plaster (spread on by Franciscan nuns who took over the church in the 16th century); it broke away under his hand. Beneath the plaster was a life-sized painting of a haloed young man, fair-haired with wide, topaz eyes. One look was enough to send Giuseppe Nomi, the town's honorary inspector of fine arts, running with the news...
...drab and commonplace. Detroit's James F. Jones. Dominion Ruler of the Church of the Universal Triumph, the Dominion of God. Inc., was wearing a $235 light brown suit, yellow checked vest, yellow shoes, red socks and red tie. Even more arresting were his gold-handled cane, the topaz earring on his left ear. the diamond, ruby and topaz rings on his left hand, the diamond and topaz bracelets and heavy gold chain on his left wrist. Prophet Jones always wears his jewelry on the left. He explains that God always approaches him from the right, so he likes...
...green foyer. The decorators seemed as much concerned with fun as functionalism. Some of the ideas were clearly impractical, e.g., a dining-room floor made of tooled blue leather, but most were bound to set housewives thinking. The colors seemed to come from a painter's palette-sparkling topaz yellow, lime green, burnt orange, cocoa brown, wine red. Decorators drew their materials from all over the world, combined Philippine rattan with American brass, mixed 19th century antiques with 20th century Egyptian coral sculpture, and thought nothing of flanking a modern sofa with a pair of smiling, five-foot Venetian...
...shame and a detriment to such long-established denominations as Presbyterianism, Methodism, Catholicism, etc., that such persons are permitted to "preach" . . . "Prophet" Jones cannot seriously consider himself serving God or Christ by wearing topaz and garnet rings, a $17,000 diamond bracelet, and sporting over 400 suits...