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...larger South Sea pearls, which come in gold, silver and white, and freshwater mussels, available in a range of pastels. Tahitian pearls, which were not successfully cultivated until the 1970s, have cooler hues, like black, gray and green. Some pearls are shinier than others. "Luster is a matter of taste," says Tom Moses, senior vice president of the laboratory and research departments at the Gemological Institute of America, an educational group. "At the moment, in the U.S., pearls with high lusters are the most desirable. But in the 1950s a softer luster was more in style...
...Bonpoint is completely different," says Richard Alibert, president of the company. "We are focused only on children and on dressing them every day." Although making kids' clothes might seem to be a simple matter of adapting design and manufacturing techniques to smaller sizes, he and others say it's much trickier. To cover the 0-to-14-year-old market requires 25 sizes with drastically different designs depending on whether a baby is lying down or starting to sit up, or whether he or she is still in diapers. Most items must be washable, and they must be comfortable?...
...your sperm have got it, you’ve got it made; a qualified donor can make up to $900 a month, and Steve was no exception. “Steve,” who was granted anonymity due to the unusually private nature of the matter, is an athlete at Harvard and initially went to Cryobank after his pockets were empty. “I had seen the ad in The Crimson every day for two years, and one day, I was broke and gave them a call,” he says. After being accepted, he began donating...
Finally, what are we to make of Dartmouth’s fellow Ivy institution Penn, and its nickname, the Quakers? Or ECAC rival Union (Dutchmen), for that matter? The parallel to UND is that the nickname is a nod to the ethnic/religious group that used to form a majority in the area where the school is located. If it is simply impolite to cite such a group, Penn wouldn’t get off scot-free. But I’m being silly! Everyone knows the Friends practice pacifism. Very few people know that Native Americans didn?...
...also means anyone who knows if Nasiri's tale is true wouldn't dare step up and confirm it even now, fearing that might draw suspicion to moles who may now be hidden among jihadists. But those same officials also won't bother denying fabricated claims of espionage - no matter how high-profile - since setting that precedent means "officials would have to confirm or deny the validity of every future claim or book if they didn't want resumed silence to be interpreted as passive confirmation...