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  • Years later she became the infamous Cat Girl, connoisseur of what diamond-shaped love belonged to others: Marquise, Emerald, Radiant, Pear, Asscher, 24 Carat and beyond.

    Cat People #9: Tales of Manhattan David Woodruff 2011

  • It originated with the Royal Asscher company, which is still owned by the same Amsterdam family.

    20 Odd Questions: Nicola Bulgari 2011

  • But exotic, bizarre words like "chivari" and "shantung" and "Asscher" have never been in my vocabulary before now.

    The 8 Truths About Weddings (That No One Ever Tells You) 2011

  • Lachey reportedly made Minnillo the happiest woman in the world or at least as happy as ex-wife Jessica Simpson once was on Thursday "near a beach" in California with "an Asscher-cut diamond with baguettes from Bader & Garrin."

    Engaged: LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian; Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnello Liz Kelly 2010

  • "People in Amsterdam and the rest of the country are starting to discern real tolerance from bogus tolerance," says Asscher.

    Turn Out the Red Light? 2008

  • A young star of the Dutch Labour Party and deputy mayor of Amsterdam, Asscher believes it's time to deliver his hometown from sleaze — even if he's scuppering a $100 million-a-year industry in the process.

    Turn Out the Red Light? 2008

  • They carried pink balloons and signs saying "Hands off the Red Light District" and a poster of Asscher doctored to look as if he was with a street hooker.

    Turn Out the Red Light? 2008

  • Only Elizabeth could manage to escape the curse of the 33.19-carat Asscher-cut Krupp diamond her insatiable lover gifted her with in 1968.

    Elizabeth Taylor…A.I.D.S. activist. Last great Hollywood Star! « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture 2008

  • Asscher says most of the prostitutes are part of international human-trafficking networks that draw on women from Eastern Europe, and they will most likely move on to Antwerp, Hamburg and other European cities.

    Turn Out the Red Light? 2008

  • "With all his rhetoric, deputy mayor Asscher is giving the district a bad name throughout the world," he says.

    Turn Out the Red Light? 2008

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