Word: spent
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...word is human. There is something endearing about ambition that limits itself to work so well within the bounds of art and finds a lifetime of satisfaction in the transformation of simple animal forms into elegant shapes. When old age stopped him from working, Brancusi spent his days fondling his precious "children," as he called his sculptures, covering them with dust cloths every night. And when he willed them to Paris' Museum of Modern Art, he did so on the condition that they be displayed in an accurate reconstruction of the crowded Montparnasse shack in which he-and they...
Divorced. Dr. Sam Sheppard, 45, Cleveland osteopath who spent almost ten years in prison for the murder of his first wife before a retrial led to his acquittal in 1966; by Ariane Tebbenjo-hanns Sheppard, 40, German divorcee and Dr. Sam's prison pen pal, who claims to have spent over $200,000 in the fight to clear his name; on grounds of gross neglect; after five years of marriage, no children; in Cleveland...
...throat cancer; near Traverse City, Mich. A onetime caddy who won his first U.S. Open at the age of 21, "the Haig" did more to popularize golf than any other player. In an era of small purses, he was the first to win $1,000,000 (which he spent as fast as he made); his sartorial elegance and dramatic come-from-behind victories, drew huge galleries wherever he played. All through the 1920s, fans argued whether Hagen was better than Amateur Champion Bobby Jones. In 1926, Hagen challenged Jones to a 72-hole match-and beat him twelve up, eleven...
...lead singer of a particularly exotic rock group, and his attempts at a Peruvian dialect occasionally make him sound like one. His performance is unabashed camp, consisting about equally of ego, bluff and plain old Spam. It is obvious that he has not had so much fun since he spent all that time over in the corner of the screen sneering at the kids in The Sound of Music...
...beautiful woman who serenely lay down on the executioner's block one morning in 1587 seemed to be leaving behind a life of failure. She had spent nearly half of her 44 years in captivity, and was now condemned to be beheaded as a traitor. During the seven years that she had actively reigned over a small and backward nation, she had achieved nothing of note in foreign or domestic policy and had gradually yielded her power to a swarm of savagely contending noblemen. Most decisions in her life had turned out wrong. The last -to seek refuge...