Harry Houdini

Having pulled off more than one narrow escape, Fortescue Metals Group 's founder and chief executive, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest , could be called the Harry Houdini of the global mining industry.

Fortescue Doubles Down on Iron Ore David Fickling 2011

He did not take the name Harry Houdini until he had been a performer for many years.

NewMexiKen NewMexiKen 2010

iWon News - Book Paints Escape-Artist Houdini As Spy: NEW YORK AP - Eighty years after his death, the name Harry Houdini remains synonymous with escape under the most dire circumstances.

Harry Houdini, Spy Bill Crider 2006

iWon News - Book Paints Escape-Artist Houdini As Spy: NEW YORK AP - Eighty years after his death, the name Harry Houdini remains synonymous with escape under the most dire circumstances.

Archive 2006-10-29 Bill Crider 2006

French magician Robert Houdin and American stuntman and escapologist Erich Weiss, popularly known as Harry Houdini, are the other two magicians in whose memory stamps have been released.

Analysis 2010

Nearby are the oversized and obviously empty dollhouse out of which rose a live woman after fervid abracadabra incantations, and the wooden trunk from which Erich Weiss - better known as Harry Houdini - emerged damp but undaunted after a splash in the Hudson.

chron.com Chronicle 2010

GOP Senator Arlen Specter is known as the Harry Houdini of Pennsylvania politics.

Arlen's Fatal Stimulus 2009

They recall a time when Coney Island's cabarets and music halls rivaled its amusement parks and were proving grounds for iconic entertainers such as Harry Houdini, Irving Berlin, Jimmy Durante and George Burns.

Surf Avenue Turf War 2010

Essendon ruckman David Hille is fast becoming the 'Harry Houdini' of the AFL for his ability to keep escaping punishment from the match review panel after he yet again beat a charge of rough conduct on Monday.

Sportal.com.au - Latest News Headlines 2010

Joining them are iconic figures such as Harry Houdini, Henry Ford, Booker T. Washington and Emma Goldman.

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