Word: fabricatore
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What really happened? The title protests a bit too much, implying that after the flood of words already published about the famous fabricated "autobiography" of Howard Hughes, only Clifford Irving, the famous fabricator, can tell the true story. To believe the confessions of Clifford Irving is a little like believing...
This falsification poisons the prank. We do not ordinarily feel much pity for men like Hughes, but as we come to realize that Irving was planning to appropriate his victim's whole identity, to attribute to him any lie that sounded entertaining, and to rely on the assumption that...
It was long run by flamboyant Charles Engelhard, who before his death last year built up a billion-dollar business, mostly as an international trader and fabricator of precious metals. Engelhard does much business with Anglo-American Corp. of South Africa Ltd., which owns 30% of Engelhard's common...
In order to attract more capital, Yugoslavia now seems willing to open its economy wider to investment from other countries, including the U.S. Foreign investment in Yugoslavia has totaled only $62 million since 1967, mostly because the government has insisted that Yugoslav companies retain control of any joint project by...
When Cefis came to Montedison nine months ago, the jerry-built conglomerate was teetering on the edge of disaster. The state, through big minority holdings, has maintained effective control of the firm since 1968, though a succession of private managers has been allowed to run it. Because of internal squabbling...