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...Philly Phrolics] Scrabble, Boggle and Monopoly; a demonstration by world-renowned domino toppler Bob Speca...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Invasion of the Wonks | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

...monument of Liebling's accomplishment is a journalistic one, but it is very different from that of a modern Woodward-and-Bernstein success story. All the President's Men heightened respect for investigative journalism, but at the price of romanticizing it, turning every young reporter into a toppler of presidents in his dreams. Sokolov helps bring a more substantial image to the public notion of the heroic journalist: the seasoned, shrewd man-about-town who has seen it all and written...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: High Liebling | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...portraits of the women who made up a large part of his life. Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Maria (1720-1788), like most royalty, was less racially pure than many of his subjects. His mother, Princess Clementina, was German-Polish, the granddaughter of John Sobieski, famed Turk-toppler. From her Prince Charlie inherited his charm, his love of adventure. Clementina's marriage with Pretender James was a runaway to romance that turned into a drab political alliance; the Old Pretender was not the glamorous figure his son turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Bonny Prince | 5/13/1935 | See Source »

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