The nonpareil of charming hypocrisy, though, would be the French police chief in Casablanca, Captain Renault - Claude Rains' fox with a heart of gold - who is forced by the Germans to close Rick's bar and casino, announcing: "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"

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His reputation as a fierce tackler -- with a heart of gold for his community work -- earned him admiration and a legion of fans.

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The piece is topped with a heart-shaped hole of the gold nib and the finely engraved Princesse Grace de Monaco monogram on the cap-top.

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That was the start of the famous Gold Rush, which ruined Marshall's employer, a landowner named John Sutter whose property in what is now the heart of metropolitan Sacramento was overrun by gold-mad prospectors.

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The Federal Reserve in the U.S. is also about to start raising interest rates much sooner than anyone expected, driving a stake into the heart of the case for gold as cash-in-the-bank starts to pay a real return once again.

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No Home Depot board can touch the warmth of their reddish-gold heart pine.

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