At first Ms . Wood supported herself by turning out large quantities of dinner sets, but after the mid 1970s, she was able to concentrate exclusively on more ambitious decorative vessels : chalices, bowls and vases.
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Although often part of a place setting in a dinner set, teacups with unique styling are often sold with matching saucers, sometimes alone, or as part of a tea set, including a teapot and small dessert plates.
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The mass circulation " Argumenti i Fakti " weekly newspaper reported recently that an estimated $ 250 million has been spent repairing the Kremlin alone, including the purchase of a presidential dinner set costing $ 1, 000 a plate.
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In August 2008, after admitting that some of his claims for furnishing his second home were " inappropriate, " McCartney repaid ?5, 000 of expenses claimed for among other items, a dining table, 18-piece dinner set and champagne glasses.
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The FBI blamed them for several hundred thefts worth somewhere between $ 75 million to $ 150 million in jewels ( the exact number of thefts committed by the dinner set gang is uncertain because of the many copycat crimes that may have been falsely attributed to them ).
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But just as his legendary tightwad ways didn't stand in the way of his first ( and only ) marriage to Gloria Hatrick after they met in 1948 at a dinner set up by the Gary Coopers, neither has Stewart's politics seriously impaired his claim on us ( even if they nearly dissolved his lifelong friendship with Henry Fonda ).
