Diamonds are a key component in the campaign to make poverty history.
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Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities.
Diamonds are intrinsically worthless, except for the deep psychological need they fill.
I grew up in a home where diamonds were the subject.
Diamonds have an image of purity and light. They are given as a pledge of love and worn as a symbol of commitment.
The issue of diamonds in Africa is inseparable from the issue of child soldiers.
Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.
We all need to become more customer-focused and recognize the power of marketing to sell more diamonds.
A big diamond necklace is nouveau riche, really. People who have wealth a long time don't wear such things.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.