Sentences with phrase «more than diamonds»

«What the DeBeers did with diamonds, the Arabs are doing with oil; the trouble is we need oil more than diamonds.

While these may entail helpful if not entirely convincing suggestions that saying no and meaning it may — more than diamonds — be a teenage girl's best friend, there's also teaching about the full range of contraception methods.

By weight, the moon rocks collected during the Apollo missions are worth far more than diamonds, and in any case, they have a priceless historical value.

Her transformation from dream girl - for - hire to rock - n - roll mama proves that resilience and reinvention, more than diamonds, are a girl's best friend.

Not exact matches

A London - based company called Everledger has placed more than 1.6 million diamonds on a blockchain.

«A diamond lasts more than a single generation, the way an urn of ashes won't,» says the 27 - year - old entrepreneur.

De Beers spokesman Andrew Coxon estimated the value of conflict diamonds produced from three African states involved in civil war at more than US$ 255 million.

And De Beers, the world's top diamond producer, saw sales during the first half of the year fall by more than 50 %, to US$ 1.7 billion.

Hermès matte white Himalaya Niloticus crocodile diamond Birkin sold for more than $ 379,000 at Christie's in Hong Kong

The pair of rocks, called the Donnorsmarck Diamonds, total more than 185 carats and once belonged to French nobility.

The article was prompted by the purchase of the diamond by Edward «Ned» McLean for more than $ 300,000 ($ 7.4 million today).

More than half of the diamonds on the market today come from conflict regions, like the Congo and Sierra Leone.

I'd been following the diamond - growing science for more than a decade.

Everledger has digitized more than a million diamonds and has plans to branch out to other industries — specifically fine wine — in need of better anticounterfeiting records.

The Type - IIa stone, just smaller than a tennis ball, is the largest diamond discovery for more than 100 years, according to Vancouver - based Lucara.

World Diamond Council president Edward Asscher credited KP with removing more than 99 % of the world's conflict diamonds from the market, Bloomberg reported.

Robert Gannicott is remembered as one of the pioneers and champions of Canada's diamond industry, which he helped shape for more than two decades.

To the contrary, it is more fantastic than we can imagine — hundreds of billions (trillions) of galaxies with hundreds of billions (trillions) of stars, nearly all of which have planets, some right for life; planets so hot that they rain glass; stars made of diamonds; the lineage of animals from singled celled organisms to the incredible variety that exists today with their unique adaptations.

To the contrary, it is more fantastic than we can imagine — hundreds of billions (trillions) of galaxies with hundreds of billions (trillions) of stars, nearly all of which have planets, some right for life; planets so hot that they rain glass; stars made of diamonds;

A decade ago, the Leonardo DiCaprio flick Blood Diamond did more to bring awareness to conflict diamonds than a decade of firsthand reporting, because the general public had a shared experience at the theater.

And more often than not, these tunnels lead not only to diamonds, but to huge caverns filled with sparkling rubies, emeralds, and veins of gold.

The experiment, carried out by Ronald Hanson and colleagues, involved entangling spins in diamonds separated by more than a kilometre, then measuring correlations between the spins.

A man in Sierra Leone found one of the largest diamonds there in more than 40 years and gave it to the country's president.

We muslims don't call our women: Bitches, hores... and the majority of muslim women actually have the choice to choose to wear the veil (if you go to a Catholic church women are asked to wear the veil... nuns are fully covered... even Marry the mother of Jesus used to cover and that is because these women know they are diamonds and you have to really deserve her to be able to see more and that is only gonna be her husband, and parents... If you have a precious and very expensive diamond in your possession don't tell me you would leave it outside of your house but you would leave your trash outside of your house... same thing with women especially and by the way this apply to men as well in Islam... A woman actually is the queen of her household, and when they are so aware of their status within her community, as more like a mother, she is committed to her husband, kids and parents exclusively... she is busy taking care of her loved ones and enjoys it and happy so why you ask her to show you her cleavage if she doesn't think you deserve her... Muslim women are not any different than all women, they only like to wear the veil and not show their beauty to you... what?

I cut mine in a long diamond shape — they are wonderful for the holidays and everyone seemed to like the ones I used the coconut flour in more than the traditional recipe.

More than one million visitors stay in Temecula Valley each year, enjoying its beautiful wine country, charming Old Town, and four - diamond Pechanga Resort & Casino.

The grand, newly realized Grill Room is more than the impressive sum of its four shining Forbes stars and four sparkling AAA diamonds.

These rods shave off more of the blade than an average steel or ceramic rod, so if you have a delicate or thin knife, like a Japanese - style slicer, don't use the diamond rod every day.

I walked into the church like I was holding a baby diamond and took it to the kitchen and ripped off the aluminum foil like a dramatic bitch but nobody really paid attention because Jesus was more important than the strata.

Besides, the two sides are far more alike than either would care to admit: Both are driven by the same dream; both are looking for diamonds among pebbles.

Of those five, no one more typifies Pittsburgh's genius for diamonds in the rough than Harrison, who arrived as an undrafted free agent out of Kent State in 2002 and was cut three times before finally learning Dick LeBeau's system and sticking in 2004.

He has certainly poured more sweat on the diamond than anyone else ever has.

higuian / reus / mandzukic were all available & are better than giroud, reus maybe a winger but he gets in the box & Is a great finisher fact is wenger is outdated Back in 98 most hadn't a clue who was playing for under 17's 18's or 21's They do now These secret rough diamonds aren't out there now There's no more Anelka's for # 500k, there's no more Kolo Toure's for # 150k or henry / viera etc Football has moved on, every club knows every young player now

wengers job from two years ago was to combine wilshere ozil and carzola... he has finally got ozil and carzola working together and now linking up to sanchez which, along with coquelin «s improvement as a dm, is basically why we have improved so much this year (even though sanchez cooled a little)... if he finds a way of putting wilshere in to the diamond and adding another 15 to 20 goal a game man then we will be able to compete with the best... walcott rambo arteta flamini combos of yesteryear need to be put in to the dustbin of our footballing history... they could never deliver more than 4th place

As a defensive midfielder, Cristian Roldan is perhaps affected more than any other player by the shift from a 4 -2-3-1 to a 4 -4-2 diamond.

Since he came, undeservedly in the place of Bacca, thought to be one of the Montella's most precious diamonds, Kalinic only missed chances and got three times more whistles than applauds from AC Milan supporters!

Song, arguably our most improved player is on 4 yellow cards and we should ensure that he doesn't miss the Chelsea game.The partnership of Gallas and Vermaelen is outstanding, yet one can not expect them to play in every game, and it is in that are we are weak in cover.With regards to the full back situation, perm any two from four, that is Clichy, Gibbs, Eboue, Sagna and even Traore they are attacking wing backs and are always at risk on the quick counter attack by the opposition.Almunia still doesn't impress me and his command of his area is still indecisive and he is still vulnerable to letting goals in, especially to his near post.Wenger being Wenger, I doubt he will buy in January, and it is a pity we didn't go for Given months before he joined City, when he was available for a comparatively cheap price.This new diamond shape or 4 -1-4-1 is working well and we have an abundance of quality to interchange, which bemuses the opposition more often than not.We have every chance this year, and we are also being helped by the fact that the other so called big four sides are showing their vulnerability.A couple of decent signings, not squad players in January, and hopefully we are in the mix.

While you may covet diamond earrings or a gorgeous tennis bracelet, when you've got kids you probably spend more time dressed for breakfast at IHOP than dressed like Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast At Tiffany's!

More than 100 people gathered for the ceremony on the 11 - acre site at 187th and Center Streets in Homewood that will be transformed within a year into a park with baseball diamonds, a walking / biking path, a picnic area with a volleyball court and a playground.

To anyone who has followed the exploits of the head coach of the Arlington Heights American Legion baseball team for more than 40 years and its constantly changing coterie of teenaged diamond dreamers, those words are easily recognized as the hallmark of an esteemed local institution.

Many of the more than 50 residents who crowded into the Inverness Village Hall expressed fears that organized activities on the baseball diamond and soccer field would increase traffic in the area.

Now the district has 58 parks on more than 440 acres, five swimming pools with adjoining neighborhood centers, one indoor pool, a cultural arts center, a tennis club, fitness center, 43 softball diamonds, 17 soccer fields, 58 outdoor tennis courts and 26 outdoor ice skating rinks.

Many of the successful bidders were part of the exhibition at Kensington Palace on October 9th, where more than US$ 65 million of one - of - a-kind pink diamond jewellery was showcased to celebrate royal connections in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee year.

If you're more on the hunt for cheap diamond chains, look no further than our budget pick.

Speaking of suits, playing cards were likely invented in China more than a millennia ago, but diamonds weren't one of the four suits in a deck until relatively late in the game.

With the help of the diamonds, the drug stayed in the bloodstream 10 times longer than usual, making it much more effective.

The zircon in imitation diamonds proves the best way to preserve more than four - billion - year - old versions of the real thing

By using light, researchers at UC Santa Barbara have manipulated the quantum state of a single atomic - sized defect in diamond — the nitrogen - vacancy center — in a method that not only allows for more unified control than conventional processes, but is more versatile, and opens up the possibility of exploring new solid - state quantum systems.

As photosynthesis favours the lighter isotope, carbon 12, over the heavier carbon 13, this «light» ratio finding suggests that organic material from biological sources may have been more abundant in diamond - forming zones early in the Earth's history than we find today,» explained Suzette Timmerman, lead author on the study.

The Orapa diamonds contained material dating from between around 400 million and more than 1.4 billion years ago.