The thing that struck me first was her warm and sparkling grin of greeting, and words of Malayalam, her only language, the tongue of her native Kerala.

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Davis is no longer young, yet still feisty and imperious, and Kane is commanding in her mature, sparkling impersonation.

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It fits around the head like a headpiece with the pear-shaped diamonds slightly raised and sparkling above her head.

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Audrey tucks her soaking hair behind ears sparkling with studs and sequined posts.

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Those sparkling gems may really be her best friend, or her husband, or even her dog.

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Here you can watch Ms. Salerno-Sonnenberg, in a sleeveless black top and sparkling pants, dancing and smiling her way through Piazzolla's "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, " the orchestra one with her all the way.

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"She was so dignified and had such sparkling eyes, " said Nirmala Khanna who taught her international studies in 1964.

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And while getting her shareholders to agree with her may be another matter, it's worth noting here that nothing quite satisfies an investor like a sparkling return on his investment.

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