The Beau Sancy "is not the finest white diamond, " says David Bennett, Sotheby's Geneva-based chairman of jewelry for Europe and the Middle East.

WSJ: The Beau Sancy Diamond at Sotheby's: From Prussia, With Love

Now, the National Turkey Federation has been bringing its finest turkeys to the White House for more than 50 years.

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The announcement from the White House lawn should have been his finest hour.

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The brutal truth is, Washington's finest natural asset, thousands of cherry trees, currently blossoming in shades of white and pink, are being destroyed by two rogue rodents seemingly intent on building a dam across this city's Potomac River.

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