Word: fakes
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...refused, he's a "fake whose false front was seen through...
Last week, concluding that the U.A W was guilty of "deliberate deception" and that even the most elastic definition of "legitimate propaganda" would not stretch enough to cover fake telegrams, the NLRB ordered a new election at North Haven...
...nine days, sophisticates in New Delhi's clubs and coffee houses argued over whether Narayan was a fake or not. There was probably a secret tunnel leading into the tomb, said some. But in a hut near the pit, Narayan's sole disciple, faithful Wamana Acharya, sat praying day after day. Last week, as the tenth day of the ordeal dawned, sightseers from all over New Delhi streamed to the burying place afoot and on camelback to watch Narayan's disinterment. Cymbals and harmoniums clanged and wheezed, hucksters did a land-office business...
...proved to be meticulously accurate. Anne of Denmark (queen of James I) has blue veins and a pimple on her cheek. Edward III (d. 1377) is an original death mask and possibly the oldest European example, since the well-known death mask of Dante (d. 1321) may be a fake. When Edward III was in his last illness, his mistress, Alice Ferrers, ran off with the rings from his fingers. The shock of this betrayal brought on the stroke that finished him off. Neurologists consulted by Howgrave-Graham agreed that his mask shows telltale signs of facial paralysis...
...defeated the armies of Bonaparte in the Patriotic War." When his second wife tried to rip it down, Stalin said: "I'm a Georgian, so I must show great respect for all the relics of Russian history." One Bolshevik relic, the embalmed body of Lenin, is now a fake, says Budu. When the real body began to deteriorate rapidly at the beginning of World War II, Stalin was afraid the people would "take it as a bad sign." A perfect likeness was made and Lenin's body was cremated, the ashes placed in an urn and submerged...