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...balder than [Bok] is," said one irreverent freshman, Robyn Fass '90 of Canaday Hall...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: THE BEST OF 1986 | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

...balder than he [Bok] is," said Robyn Fass '90 of Canaday Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Honors Bok By Planting Tree in Yard | 10/8/1986 | See Source »

Connecticut Salesman A. Donald Fass, 50, was not just an ordinary door-to-door peddler. He was named Salesman of the Year in 1979 by the Atlanta-based Rollins Protective Services. As it turned out, Fass had a special gimmick to make a sale. Like many other businessmen, he would first show off his wares during a home visit while chatting with prospects about such sensitive information as their vacation schedules and the location of their valuables. Then, when the occupants were away, Fass would return and make off with the family jewels, the silver and anything else of worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dividends: Ya Gotta Have a Gimmick | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

Pass's scam was exposed when police in Glastonbury, Conn., caught him just as he was escaping from a burglarized house. His previous criminal record, it turned out, included 26 felonies and 50 misdemeanors. Fass has now begun a prison term of 13 to 26 years for burglary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dividends: Ya Gotta Have a Gimmick | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

...Tooth (Zahn) is a pretty girl. Jazz bomb (Jazz Bombe) is a good dancer. The coals are right (Die Kohlen stimmen) means there is enough money. Heap (Haufen) is a band. Served (bedient) stands for tops. Cloud (Wolke) means roughly a gasser. Sinatra is any singer, and keg (Fass) is a first-rater. Oblique (schräg) is real gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROCK 'N1 ROLL: Real Schräg | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

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