Clark greeted me at her door with a smile on Saturday morning, wearing pearl earrings and red glasses.

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Pearl earrings gleaming, red lipstick perfectly applied, Lente Roode is feeding her cheetahs.

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And for opera fans, there is a pair of natural pearl drop earrings once possessed by opera diva Maria Callas .

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Hard to beat for traditional elegance is a pair of pearl drop earrings from 1972 by Bulgari that were once owned by film star Elizabeth Taylor.

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