Word: baronness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fact the contraption was never meant to be a child's device. Pace Leonardo, some researchers have perceived the outlines of bicycles in the frescoes of Pompeii and the tombs of Egypt. In any case, it was not until 1816 that the German baron, Karl von Drais, devised a recognizable model of the contemporary machine. That bike had everything a rider would want-except pedals. The cyclist walked perched on a saddle and propelled himself by running and gliding. In the mid-19th century rubber tires replaced the old boneshaking metal rims and high-wheelers elevated the rider...
...industry and its tourist business. Last week, however, after six months of investigation, a district court in Tel Aviv indicted Tzur on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust. The accusations are the latest developments in a complex contretemps that involves, besides the state of Israel, a Baron de Rothschild, a shady Swiss bank with a record of ties to the Mafia, secret Liechtenstein trust accounts, a hero of the World War II Hungarian underground and scores of millions in missing funds...
Soon after rumors of I.C.B.'s plight began circulating, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, chairman of The Israel Corp., ordered an investigation. A report on his findings, released in Israel last December, asserts that The Israel Corp. "was a victim of criminal misconduct," and specifically blames Tzur and Rosenbaum. Rothschild has filed criminal charges against Rosenbaum in Geneva, which have yet to be acted upon, and initiated the proceedings against Tzur, who faces a possible 22-year sentence...
Arlette (Anny Duperey), Stavisky's wife, is even thinner as a character; she is a walking, talking Vogue cover; a silent, cosmetically perfect femme fatale who faints at the proper time and ornaments Stavisky's life in the most necessary way. The center of sympathy in the film is Baron Raoul (Charles Boyer), an aristocrat whose purpose in life has been to dissipate a fabulous century-old fortune. "It was very satisfying," he says of this experience. He is old now, and penniless, with only his courtliness and wry smile left, but he defends his dead friend Stavisky before...
...fancy-woman Dol Common are last seen vowing revenge against Face. Dol (Sarah Jane Lithgow) is particularly appealing in two scenes--at the very beginning, when she forces Face and Subtle to stop quarelling, and when she plays the role of fine ladies--like the potty sister of a baron or the Queen of Fairyland. Subtle (Philip Kilbourne) is craggy and lanky with high cheekbones and his facial mugging supplies an ironic commentary over and above the script. Face is short, dark, and particularly good when affecting the part of a shuffling menial...