Are diamonds forever

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We often hear it said that diamonds are forever . There was even a James Bond novel and film with this title. Under most conditions, a diamond will indeed last forever, or as near for ever as makes no difference. But is it an absolute statement of fact ... 

Figure 15.12 The expression "diamonds are forever" suggests the durability of diamonds and tells you that the conversion of diamond to graphite is so slow that it would be impossible to measure its enthalpy change. 

Diamonds are Forever. Downsview, ON Listen for Pleasure Ltd. Read by Ian Ogilvy Available as 2 cassettes. 

Diamonds are Forever. London Penguin. Read by Rufus Sewell Available as 3 compact discs. 

Diamonds are Forever. Ashland, OR Blackstone Audiobooks. Read by Robert Whitfield and Simon Vance Available as 6 conqtact discs, 5 cassettes or audio download. 

Diamonds are Forever. Bath, UK Chivers Audio Books. Read by David Rintoul Available as 6 cassettes. 

Diamonds are forever a James Bond novel. New Yoik Penguin Books, 2003. 

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Secret Service dossiers in the Bond series are rife with instances of other types of sexual boundary crossing. Scaramanga is described as possibly having homosexual tendencies (Gun 33). Wint and Kidd, minor crooks in Diamonds Are Forever, are also described as homos and pansies [Diamonds 116, 151]). This anxiety about homosexuality may well reflect British anxiety about contemporary sexual boundary crossers Guy Burgess and Don MacLean, double agents who also crossed the boundaries between capitalism and cotmnunism and between their home nation of Britain and their then-enemy the Soviet Union. 

Bond s ambivalent attimde towards racial mixing can be seen when the narrative of Diamonds Are Forever claims, Bond had a natural affection for colomed people bnt immediately has Bond fiet about America s colour problem and follows this with his memory of a noxions racist... 

Allen, Dennis W. 2005. Alimentary, Dr. Leiter Anal Anxiety in Diamonds are Forever " in Comentale, Edward P., Stephen Watt, and Skip Willman eds., Ian Fleming James Bond The Cultural Politics of007. Bloomington and Indianapolis Indiana University Press. 

Given previous film s portrayal of Bond as having expert knowledge on obscure subjects, ranging from the makeup of brandy Diamonds Are Forever) to limited astronaut training (Moonraker), it would not be hard to envision Bond learning the necessary details himself, thus rendering Natalya s presence is superfluous. 

Thanks to the decades-long and expertly nuanced advertising campaign of diamond sellers, everybody seems to believe that diamonds are the most beautiful, most spectacular and most valnable of the precious stones, and men have no better way to express their appreciation for the beauty of women than buying one (at least in America). Fnrthermoie, based on similar disinformation, everyone is convinced that diamonds are forever. If nothing else, the title of a 1971 James Bond movie Diamonds are Forever wonld convince all skeptics. 

Guy Hamilton returned to helm Connery s one-time return for Diamonds Are Forever, and this time the director imbued the him with more humor than ever before, sometimes dipping into slapstick. After the hnancial failure of On Her Majesty s Secret Service, the producers must have dictated that the new Bond him be more of an entertaining romp than a serious spy picture. Audiences apparently loved the result, for Diamonds Are Forever brought the grosses back on track. And Connery said goodbye once more. 

Proof that the above stated theory is correct is borne out by the fact that Connery s return in Diamonds Are Forever in 1971 (replacing Lazenby, who quit after his one appearance as Bond) was a reversion to the old formula. In fact, this film is so over-the-top in terms of overt comedy that Connery s previous epics resemble arthouse films in comparison. The notion that this overt humor originated in the Roger Moore era that followed is contradicted by any objective analysis of Diamonds Are Forever. 

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