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2. Emerald Necklace - Wikipedia

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   The Emerald Necklace consists of a 1,100-acre (4.5 km 2; 450 ha) chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. It was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted , and gets its name from the way the planned chain appears to hang from the "neck" of the Boston peninsula .

3. Necklace - Wikipedia

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   Necklace. A necklace is an article of jewellery that is worn around the neck. Necklaces may have been one of the earliest types of adornment worn by humans. [1] They often serve ceremonial, religious, magical, or funerary purposes and are also used as symbols of wealth and status, given that they are commonly made of precious metals and stones.

4. Decorative box - Wikipedia

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   Decorative box. A decorative box is a form of packaging that is generally more than just functional, but also intended to be decorative and artistic. Many such boxes are used for promotional packaging, both commercially and privately. Historical objects are usually called caskets if larger than a few inches in more than one dimension, with only ...

5. Jewellery Quarter - Wikipedia

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   However the plans were met with opposition as they took no consideration of the importance of the small tradesmen vital to the area. In 1960 Sir Richard Vyse produced a plan for his Hockley estate but he died before it could be carried out. In 1963 the council agreed to buy the freehold of 14.5 acres (59,000 m 2) of the Vyse estate for £ ...

6. List of jewellery types - Wikipedia

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7. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building seminars, self-help gurus, sure-fire inventions, useless products, chain letters, fortune tellers, quack doctors, miracle pharmaceuticals, foreign exchange fraud, Nigerian money scams, fraudulent treasure ...