Ms. Windsor, donning a diamond brooch that Ms. Spyer gave her instead of an engagement ring, told the crowd after making her plea to the Supreme Court that she was "thrilled and exalted and humbled" to attend the arguments.

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Many women are struggling with conflicting emotions and goals: The desire to dedicate themselves firstly to career and education can sometimes clash with the pull towards a deep emotional connection and the expectations of family and friends for a wedding or at least an engagement ring.

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After a series of what-would you-do-if questions, replete with game-show invoking bells and whistles, users are matched with an ideal mate avatar and corresponding Tacori engagement ring suggestion (mine was ivy-leaguer Jack Calloway on bended knee with a square-cut diamond solitaire).

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So far, the accusations that he is an isolationist do not ring true: his campaign statements ring with the phrases of international engagement, and he might well engage China and Russia rather more vigorously than some might like.

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The engagement ring conundrum got me thinking, however: How well would a pregnant belly go over in an interview?

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