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...Patterson’s] diamond-cutting volleys sent his opponent in every direction,” Broadbent said...
...that crazy, good-time-Charlie honky-tonker, and I don't tell 'em any different." DIED. LILIANE DE ROTHSCHILD, late 80s, quiet member of the French banking family known for her charitable donations to the art world; in Royaumont, France. Her gifts to the Louvre include a diamond-studded snuffbox given by Queen Victoria to her great-grandfather, a French minister of state...
Gail Climaco is in for a dazzling surprise this Valentine's Day. Her boyfriend Michael Chehi, a technical-marketing engineer from Germantown, Md., plans to fly her to Paris, take her to the top of the Eiffel Tower and slip a diamond engagement ring on her finger. "Gail is the most understanding and open person I know," says Chehi, 33, "and I want her to know that she changed my life...
...should help get his point across. While Chehi is hardly the first guy to propose on Valentine's Day, not everybody is willing to pay thousands of dollars for a piece of jewelry they've only seen online. Chehi bought his $6,000 platinum band and princess-cut diamond from blue nile.com the largest online jeweler, which is sending it to him via courier. It's perhaps a sign of the buying public's increased confidence in e-commerce that online jewelry sales are growing fast, with more than $1 billion in U.S. sales in 2002 and $1.3 billion expected...
Despite their high prices, diamonds turn out to be one of the easiest jewels to buy on the Web because their quality is precisely defined by technical specifications (the "four Cs": color, cut, clarity and carat weight). High-end shops like bluenile.com diamonds.com ashford.com and mondera.com have detailed buying guides to help make your choices clearer. Blue Nile even has a build-to-order program that lets shoppers choose from 16,000 diamonds and 70 settings. Its online tools let you see, for example, exactly how a pear-shaped diamond will look in a classic solitaire setting...