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NYT > Diamonds Tue, 07 Oct 08 18:59:55 -0400

Extra Insurance Can Protect Those Diamonds and Pearls Home insurance policies are probably not adequate to cover the loss or theft of jewelry.
Diamonds: A Girl’s Best Path to Selflessness? Cheryl Jarvis’s inspirational-bling book answers the question: What if 13 women split the cost of a diamond necklace and set up a system for sharing it?
Diamonds Are Forever in Botswana Botswana’s economic development has been aided by diamonds and by De Beers’s sense of corporate social responsibility.
H. Tracy Hall, a Maker of Diamonds, Dies at 88 Dr. Hall was an inventor who in 1954 was a key part of a pioneering scientific team at General Electric that made the first synthetic diamonds.
Diamond District Tenants Worry About Spate of Building Deals Developers’ plans to transform the area’s skyline with new spaces for residential and office use cause existing tenants to fear they will be priced out.
Fake Gems, Genuine Appeal Manufactured diamonds have become indistinguishable from their natural counterparts.
Cross-Country Journeys Diane Irvine is the chief executive of Blue Nile, an online diamond retailer.
George Switzer, 92, Dies; Started a Gem Treasury Mr. Switzer started the Smithsonian Institution’s vast collection of gems and minerals by acquiring the legendary, and some say bedeviled, Hope Diamond.
Gains Cited in Hunt for Liberia Ex-Warlord’s Fortune Prosecutors said newly traced documents may help pinpoint the money the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, is believed to have pilfered.
Two Men Stabbed at Jewelry Outlet Two men were stabbed on Monday at their Manhattan jewelry business by a business associate who claimed they owed him money, the police said.
WORLD BRIEFING | AFRICA; South Africa: Gold and Diamond Mines Go Dark South Africa will ration electricity to ease rolling blackouts that have brought two weeks of chaos and misery nationwide and are threatening economy; leading gold, diamond and platinum mines stop production for lack of power, and gold and platinum prices hit record high
A Scramble for Power and Treasure in South Africa This history of South Africa's creation captures the story’s major players, especially Cecil Rhodes, in indelible detail.
Thefts at Open Houses Put Marketers on Alert Real estate brokers are being warned about a team of thieves who have attended at least six open houses in recent weeks and stolen diamond rings, a fur coat and other expensive items.
Do We Really Know What Makes Us Healthy? Letters on nine articles in Sept 16 issues of Times Magazine; Robert B Ness, John Concato and Cynthia A Pearson comment on Gary Taubes's article on epidemological studies; photo; Rob Azevedo, Erica Gangsei and Louise Herman comment on Daphne Merkin's article on depression and suicide; Mariah Josephy comments on interview with Patrick J Buchanan; Joyce Howe comments on Megan Kelso's comic strip; Itchie Gross and Lionel Alan Marks comment on profile of Lev Leviev, Jewish philanthropist; Michael R...
The Missionary Mogul He’s the world’s biggest cutter and polisher of diamonds.His real estate empire extends through Israel, the formerSoviet Union, Europe and the United States. He has the ear of the Russian and Israeli governments. But what Lev Leviev really cares about is what is good for the Jews (at least the Chabadniks).