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For most of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, Leonard Lyons's universe was bounded by the Stork Club, El Morocco, the "21" Club and Toots Shor's.

Before Gossip Was Gawkerfied Edward Kosner 2011

"Almost everything in Ms. Lyons's paintings is animated, excited, and alive," says critic Lance Esplund.

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On the face of it he appeared to row back on Lyons's preference for greater transparency on talent pay; and whereas Lyons had explicitly warned Thompson about "salami slicing" being bad for licence fee payers, Patten said it had had "a bad press".

BBC management eyes Lord Patten nervously 2011

How can a bon mot from Hemingway or an aperçu from Winston Churchill compete with Dominique Strauss-Kahn's DNA swab or Rep. Anthony Weiner's crotch-tweet as chronicled in Lyons's old paper or by Gawker?

Before Gossip Was Gawkerfied Edward Kosner 2011

That imaginary anecdote does not appear in Jeffrey Lyons's new book but hundreds of other, equally inane but purportedly true and occasionally charming tales do.

Before Gossip Was Gawkerfied Edward Kosner 2011

Thompson's relationship with the new chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, remains a nascent one, although he appears to enjoy intellectual sparring with Sir Michael Lyons's successor.

Mark Thompson | MediaGuardian 100 2011 2011

Like so many donations, John Lyons's gift to his alma mater is rooted in nostalgia.

Fordham Alum Honors His Wife With Football Gift 2010

First the spray-on six-pack pitch in Dragons' Den, and now Darryn "Mr Paparazzi" Lyons's belly implants on Big Brother?!

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Mr. Lyons's gift has been matched with another $1 million gift by a former football player who has remained anonymous, to turn an old swimming pool into a new 4,800 square foot space with new lockers, wide screen televisions and meeting spaces.

Fordham Alum Honors His Wife With Football Gift 2010

Orson Welles, a friend, writes a guide to the theater for one of Lyons's sons, including: "Like Hamlet, every director tries to persuade his cast to do the show as he rehearsed it."

Before Gossip Was Gawkerfied Edward Kosner 2011