Word: tracee
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...mouth, testing its taste, Jean lets his mind race through the most demeaning possibilities, entertaining worst-case scenarios. He tries flattery, complimenting Gabrielle as he might a statue: "Your neck has such a lovely blush when you're nervous. Your skin reflects your every thought. I can trace your life in each blue vein. They're highly visible, even the blood pulsing through them. ... The blood in your temples appealed to me." (The observation is true also of Huppert. This great actress does suggest ivory with a pinkish tinge...
...rough diamonds. The most likely point of origin-statistically speaking-was the mine at Orapa in Botswana. But the symbol of my love also could have come from Russian Siberia or the Premier Mine in South Africa or from the war spoils of Angola. There was no way to trace its history, except to say De Beers' office in London was the probable point of transfer to America. The diamond easily outlasted my busted engagement, but retracing its trip from the mine to me would reveal a world of conflict, competition, bloodshed and a remarkable global-marketing machine...
...Saudis put out no press reports in the days following the gunfight. It took several days before they notified the United States. They never bothered to collect al-Ayeri's personal effects - his cell phone, his address book, the registry of his car, or trace such clues back to an apartment that might be searched...
...since been returned to the prosecutor's office by a judge, "to remove deficiencies." The IFPI, for its part, is seeking civil damages against Kvasov and Mamotin, but may be chasing shadows. "Both are figureheads," says Vladimir Dragunov, an IFPI lawyer in Moscow. "The real owners are hard to trace. We only know that a Cyprus-based company recently bought and now operates Mediaservices...
...Meryl Streep is not a star. A legend, but not a star. At least not in the business sense. Everyone acknowledges her talent, but very few can be relied on to turn out for a movie just because she's in it. Her last film, Prime, sank without a trace. At least one of her two new films--A Prairie Home Companion, a gentle comedy based on Garrison Keillor's radio show--will be lucky to draw much of a crowd--and it has Lindsay Lohan...