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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...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 Kennedy wrote to say that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Sly Fox | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...upsurge reflected increasing voter outrage over constantly rising property taxes, which climbed 48% to 120% in 1976 alone. "Let the politicians sweat to get their money from somewhere else," says Hal Rolfe, a Los Angeles real estate agent whose own taxes rose from $900 to $2,017 on his Topanga Canyon home and from $540 to $1,913 on his nearby office. A divorced housewife in Van Nuys, Phyllis Waldman, now pays $ 1,568 rather than $750; the home she purchased nine years ago for $32,000 was revalued last July at $ 100,000. A retired engineer in Sacramento...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Between the Pigs and the Swill | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...free. "We had to wait in lift lines unless we skied with a senior patrolman, then we could cut the lift lines. The way to do that was to start skiing with a real foxy looking female junior. Then you'd get one of the 50-year-old seniors whose wife was giving him shit all the time, and he'd ski with you all day long; you could cut lift lines...

Author: By Harry W. Printz, | Title: Tonto and the Ranger Hit the Jackpot at 10,000 Feet, or, Diamond Jim Cleans Out the Moffat Tunnel | 3/11/1978 | See Source »

...settlements policy he could not hope to gain acceptance of a peace agreement either in Egypt or the other Arab nations, and the Begin cabinet's refusal to compromise on this issue can only be seen as a diplomatically insensitive rebuff to the moderate Arab leaders without whose help Israel cannot hope to achieve a just and lasting peace settlement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Israeli Intransigence | 3/10/1978 | See Source »

Despite Kelly's blistering first leg, which sets a new national record for 200 yards, the Crimson finished second behind a new national record performance by Clarion State College, whose relay finished...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Swimmers Take Seventh Place | 3/10/1978 | See Source »

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