Word: spiels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...meeting.) Last year Cineplex Odeon backed out as co-sponsor. And still Stein pursued his vision, like the Jaws shark searching for fresh kill. In the weeks before the opening, he walked dozens of journalists through the unfinished attractions. So beguiling was Stein's spiel that some reporters obligingly described the experience as if they had been on the completed rides and the park was ready to roll...
...Well-known works are found slightly more often, but about 80 percent of stolen art is never recovered," said Robert Spiel, a private security consultant in Chicago and former FBI agent specializing in art theft...
...When you come down to it, the odds are against you," Spiel said...