Word: lake
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mary Lake sold a portrait of Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino, and got $325 for it from Parke-Bernet. Later, experts certified it a Raphael, and Mrs. Lake sued the buyer, claiming the painting was now worth $ 12 million, and that she had been deceived by earlier "experts" who said it was a painting by an unknown member of the Italian school...
...thermometer in the school window stood at 1° above zero, and bitter winds howled in off Lake Michigan. Bundled up in parkas and woolen face masks, a platoon of teachers stood shoulder to shoulder on the sidewalk and honked bicycle horns at anyone who pushed through their picket lines. "Scab! Scab!" and "Shame!" they shouted. "Don't go in! There aren't any children in there!" The few teachers who did venture in found the building virtually empty-and chilling; custodians honored picket lines by refusing to provide more than 55° of heat. The teachers...
...Grand Lake. Colo...
...Lake Managua, 38 miles long, was perfect for a big city's sewage...
...radio to come out." He recalls other difficulties: the scene of Redford riding through the Crow burial ground was shot in a driving snowstorm with barely enough light for the cameras; for a shot of Redford chipping a stone tool by the side of a lake at down, the crew had to set up at three in the morning and do the shooting in tea minutes...