Word: elys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...young ex-serviceman at the door of Edward Eliçofon's Brooklyn home had a knapsack full of paintings for sale. They had been bought at a flea market in Germany, the young man said. Eliçofon, a lawyer and passionate collector, was intrigued. He did not know, on that afternoon in 1946, that what the man offered was a collector's dream-and ultimately, a $10 million disappointment...
...Eliçofon paid the ex-serviceman-whose name he says he has long since forgotten-$450 for two 11 -in. by 9½-in oil-on-wood portraits, one of a man, the other of a woman. He had no idea who painted them but thought "they were very beautiful." For 20 years they nestled in his jumbled collection of pictures, books, antiques and objets d'art. Then in 1966 an art historian friend recognized the paintings in a book on artwork that had been lost or destroyed in Germany during World War II. Soon the finding...
...their military accomplishment. But there was not the same spontaneous celebration in the streets, for example, that greeted the July 1976 pinpoint Israeli commando raid on Uganda's Entebbe airfield. One reason was that as international criticism started to pour in, many Israelis sensed an impending isolation. Said Eli Ben-Hamo, 26, a Jerusalem café owner: "It was necessary. It had to be done. But I'm worried. We're doing it to ourselves. For years the world didn't much like us. Nowadays we're giving them reason...
...Quincy House intramural tacke-football squard proved unbeatable this season, blowing away all of its Harvard competition and then going on to plaster Yale's Berkely-Calhoun College, 20-6, during Yale weekend competition. Other houses followed Q-World's example; Winthrop, Kirkland, South and Currier rolled over their Eli counterparts. Harvard came off well during the weekend's intramural competition, capturing 21 of 28 contests...
Even though the Elis usually outnumber the Crimson fans, Harvard traditionally dominates on the river itself. Since 1962, the Eli varsity has each year surrendered its racing shirts to the Crimson. So as the two crews pulled together at the finish to shake each others hands Sunday, a winning streak of 18 years was over...