Diana: Did you do anything to test your assumption before you went to the investors or bought all those diamonds?

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Why mate with a second-class beau who cannot be bothered to bring you the fishy equivalent of roses and diamonds?

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If you're not going to be wearing your diamonds every weekend, then the best option, according to Bob White of the Hong Kong Crime Prevention Unit, is to store them at your local bank.

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However, you fail to acknowledge that, by our reckoning, 96% of diamonds mined in the world today have brought growth and prosperity to a number of countries, many of which are in the developing world including southern Africa.

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Although there are always diamonds in the grimiest seam, and I know some, it is common sense to see that if you crush the attractiveness of a job you will lower the average quality of the employees.

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