He got the team dragged into court in 2007 thanks to a a sexual harassment case where team exec Anucha Browne Sanders accused Thomas and Madison Square Garden of wrongdoing.

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The paintings there range from a 10ft (3m) depiction of former Manchester United footballer Eric Cantona as Christ by Michael Browne, to Thomas Webster's image of a rural game of football in 1839.

BBC: Public paintings quest completed

Alex Crockett crossed twice and Bristol conceded two tries - one a penalty and the other a Daniel Browne touchdown, while Haydn Thomas was in the sin-bin.

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The author of the proposal, Thomas Shrager, a partner at Tweedy, Browne, a money manager in New York City, has lobbied Bayer's management for months to free its undervalued pharmaceutical business from the rest of the conglomerate.

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"I don't care about the future liabilities, as long as Bayer gets a good price for its pharmaceuticals business, " says Thomas Shrager, the international fund manager at Tweedy, Browne in New York and one of the most vocal critics of Bayer's management among shareholders.

FORBES: Beyond the bad at Bayer

One frustrated shareholder, Thomas Shrager, a partner at the money manager Tweedy, Browne in New York, last year proposed to split the German conglomerate (FORBES GLOBAL, Apr. 30, 2001).

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