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guh dahy vuh

  • n  according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)
News & Articles

  • Don Rickles honored by Friars Club
    The man known as "Mr. Warmth,"  received a lifetime achievement award from the Friars, with guests attending the black-tie dinner finding bottles of Jack Daniels — a favorite beverage of Rickles' old friend, Frank Sinatra — at their tables and boxes of Godiva chocolate.
    June 25, 2013 - The Observer-Dispatch
  • Don Rickles honored at Friars Club by Robert De Niro, comedians
    In fact, it was a tribute to the man known as "Mr. Warmth," who received a lifetime achievement award from the Friars, with guests attending the black-tie dinner finding bottles of Jack Daniels -- a favorite beverage of Rickles' old friend, Frank Sinatra -- at their tables and boxes of Godiva chocolate.
    June 25, 2013 - The Oregonian
Quotes

  • Vicky Jewson in BBC News
    Ms Jewson said: "Lady Godiva was a great tale to adapt. It's a tale that's never been told before, a kind of undiscovered Robin Hood, the story of one woman's triumph over adversity."
  • Tom DeLay in Washington Post
    Reached by phone, DeLay said, "I don't think I got a box of Godiva chocolates" from Abramoff, adding that a box worth $250 would be "memorable."

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