Sentence examples for given a rough diamond from inspiring English sources
The prosecution called Campbell to testify after the actor Mia Farrow claimed the supermodel had told her that she had been given a rough diamond by Taylor in September 1997 while a guest of Nelson Mandela in South Africa.
The prosecution has asked to reopen its case after Farrow claimed that Campbell had told her that she had been given a rough diamond by Taylor in September 1997 while she was a guest of Nelson Mandela in South Africa.
Diamond cutters and polishers work in plain sight giving those unfamiliar with the craft of turning a rough diamond into a polished one a bit of an understanding of the process.
This character is a sentimental cipher, a rough diamond with a tear-jerk backstory.
THE NEWSNaomi Campbell testified at the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, that she was given a pouch of rough diamonds as a gift after she met Mr. Taylor at a dinner with Nelson Mandela.
The defence revealed that Farrow had omitted the words "if true" when she cut and pasted a Guardian article referring to the allegations that Taylor had given Campbell rough diamonds.
Ms Campbell is due to testify at the war crimes trial on Thursday, when the prosecution will ask her about allegations Mr Taylor gave her a rough "blood diamond" from Sierra Leone after a celebrity dinner in 1997.
He bristled under the Syndicate's high-handed treatment of buyers, who were given boxes of rough diamonds at take-it-or-leave-it prices and risked being permanently cut off if they balked.
