Word: leos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...apiece, the portraits are not cheap works of art. Nor were they painted by C.J. Fox, as was disclosed last week in a U.S. tax court in Miami by an extraordinary entrepreneur named Leo...
...Leo Fox, now in his 60s, pulled off his illusory act with remarkable ease. As part of his sales pitch, he circulated a brochure describing the imaginary Fox as the son of a well-known Austrian artist whose "guidance and expert tutelage was [the son's] inspiration." Fox portraits were always done from photographs, and sold as such. After a few well-placed sales, Fox's reputation spread by word of mouth. Said he: "I learned a way of being a good salesman. I don't steal from the poor." He even won some high praise. Ethel...
...disaster," says California State Assembly Speaker Leo McCarthy...
Thirty-five other universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will receive similar grants, Leo J. Brennan, spokesman for the fund, said Tuesday...
...second half, Columbia could have started their mascot Leo de Lion III and it wouldn't have altered the outcome. In a brief flurry, Booker scored three straight buckets for Harvard, and Allen drilled in a straightaway jumper to pull the cagers to within 53-40. The short-lived rally was snuffed when Byrd tipped-toed down the lane to give the Lions a commanding 57-40 lead...