Pointing out a third-century onyx, gold, enamel and pearl cameo, "Dionysus and Ariadne on Naxos, " Ms. Leopardi says it was most likely transformed into a hat pin or pendant in the 1500s after a gold mount was added.

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The Jawoyn people, with royalties from the Mount Todd gold mine and a tourist business at Katherine Gorge, aim to end the need for government welfare in five years.

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She now looks set to mount a serious challenge for gold at next year's world championships and the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

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Conor O'Dwyer's mount, who is being aimed at another Gold Cup tilt, claimed an 11-length win in the Star "Best For Racing" Chase.

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The Comcast bid provides both succour and a conundrum for two of Disney's noisiest critics, who would presumably prefer the firm to stay independent: Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, two former board members who resigned their positions in December in order to mount a public campaign against Mr Eisner.

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His newly restored distillery at Mount Vernon (you can watch the History Channel video George Washington's Liquid Gold) is now touted as "The Gateway to the American Whiskey Trail, " a trip that winds mostly through the historic, large distilleries of Kentucky and Tennessee.

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