Word: elton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...abroad and the rest in so-called gold rubles, which have up to five times the purchasing power of ordinary rubles. (The Soviet state will get 32%, and Sotheby's the remaining 8%.) Two relative unknowns, Svetlana Kopystiansky and her husband Igor, were stunned as Pop Singer Elton John put in a winning bid of $75,000 by telephone for a tempera landscape by Svetlana and another bid of $75,000 for a portrait in oils by Igor...
...show appeared ten times a week and won two Emmy awards, to the 1980s, when he set box-office records at Radio City Music Hall, Liberace was a visual rather than an acoustic phenomenon. He charted a path followed by the unlikeliest of proteges, from Elvis Presley to Elton John and Boy George: the sex idol as peacock androgyne...
Ignoring such distractions, Medium William Monroe managed to groan, grimace and hiccup his way into a trance. In the process, he took on an uncanny resemblance to Rock Singer Elton John. In front of Monroe was a black- draped table laden with miscellaneous memorabilia: a manila envelope containing a letter from Arthur Conan Doyle, two pairs of handcuffs, a selection of lockpicks, a yellowed photograph. Monroe's task: to contact, on the 60th anniversary of his death, the ghost of Harry Houdini, master escapologist, prestidigitator and Appleton's most celebrated son. While Monroe writhed and jerked, it must be noted...
...Tigers are led on defense by free safety Dean Cain, who has 33 solo tackles and 16 assists on the year. Defensive end Elton also is an imposing figure, with 16 solo tackles and six assists...
...played some good halves," Elton said. "But we've had trouble at other points in the game. As long as we play consistently, we'll be all right. I'm looking for a low scoring game...