Word: 16th
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...higher offer from California Art Collector Norton Simon, because Simon refused to buy unless he could take the painting outside the country for a thorough pre-purchase examination. Simon's skepticism was understandable. A strip at the bottom of the painting has been obviously repaired. And while the 16th century biographer Vasari mentions that Leonardo did such a painting, there is no record of what became of it or whether it is the same picture that became the property of Franz Josef's ancestors...
...SEASONS. Actor Paul Scofield's mesmerizing performance as 16th century Martyr Sir Thomas More and Playwright Robert Bolt's superb adaptation of his eloquent play add up to one of the most intelligent religious films ever made...
...Cecelia Holland. A novel about 16th century Hungary that belongs to the Mary Renault-Zoe Oldenbourg school of authentic historical fiction...
...notices promised. The 7-ft. 1⅜-in. sophomore leads the nation in both scoring (31.2 points per game) and field-goal percentage (202 out of 299 for 68%). On the road against Illinois last week, he poured in 45 points as the No. 1-ranked Bruins won their 16th in a row, 120-82. When Alcindor came out of the game with 6¼ min. still to go, officials whistled the play dead and presented him with the ball...
...tall pine. He had to hit the ball low enough to miss the tree, hard enough to reach the green, high enough to clear a trap-and then stop. Whack-8 ft. from the pin. Putting? On the 12th hole, Nicklaus ran in a 25-footer, on the 16th a 40-footer, on the 17th a 15-footer. In one spectacular burst, starting at the 12th, Jack birdied five out of six holes, for a back-nine score of 31 and a total of 68-four under par. At the end, Casper was five strokes back, Palmer seven. "Head...