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GeorgeStGeorge

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  1. Clash of the Titans Burgess Meredith Grumpy Old Men George
  2. I'm sure I'll recognize it when it's revealed, but it's just not coming to me. George
  3. Clue "I wish I knew how to quit you." George
  4. "The sheriff is a nig -(bell rings)!" George
  5. No. Maybe this will help. Someone to Watch Over Me Desperate Hours The Mighty Quinn The Mirror Has Two Faces Ginger Snaps Dumb and Dumberer Lost in Space Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery George
  6. I do, when I think of this person. Someone to Watch Over Me Desperate Hours The Mighty Quinn The Mirror Has Two Faces Ginger Snaps Dumb and Dumberer George
  7. Indeed. There was a rumor that Agent 99 was originally to be Agent 69, but Barbara Feldon claimed it wasn't true. George
  8. Before we get shut down for a political debate, let's let Raf come up with the next round. George
  9. Actually, Hoover was a progressive early on. He became more conservative later in life. George
  10. From Wikipedia highlight mine): Born to a Quaker family in West Branch, Iowa, Hoover grew up in Oregon. He was one of the first graduates of the new Stanford University in 1895. He took a position with a London-based mining company working in Australia and China. He rapidly became a wealthy mining engineer. In 1914, the outbreak of World War I, he organized and headed the Commission for Relief in Belgium, an international relief organization that provided food to occupied Belgium. When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, president Woodrow Wilson appointed Hoover to lead the Food Administration. He became famous as his country's "food czar". After the war, Hoover led the American Relief Administration, which provided food to the starving millions in Central and Eastern Europe, especially Russia. Hoover's wartime service made him a favorite of many progressives, and he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 1920 U.S. presidential election. Hoover served as the secretary of commerce under presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Hoover was an unusually active and visible Cabinet member, becoming known as "Secretary of Commerce and Under-Secretary of all other departments". He was influential in the development of air travel and radio. He led the federal response to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Hoover won the Republican nomination in the 1928 presidential election and defeated Democratic candidate Al Smith in a landslide. So, while not having won any previous election, he was well-known for the work he did with other administrations. George
  11. Donald Trump is a rarity in that he is one US President never to have held an elective office or a military command. Presidents who had never held an elective office but DID have military commands were Zachary Taylor, US Grant, and Dwight Eisenhower. Who is the other President never to have had an elective office or military command? (He WAS a Secretary of Commerce.) George
  12. Someone to Watch Over Me Desperate Hours The Mighty Quinn George
  13. Clue? George BTW, The Apostle starred Robert Duvall, not DeNiro
  14. Lee Marvin referred to this movie as "crap" and "just a dummy moneymaker", although he enjoyed the film. The movie has nothing to do with war, he stressed, and he was very pleased that he got to do The Big Red One (1980), which mirrored his own wartime experiences. Marvin also said many of the actors in this film were too old to play soldiers. One scene required Lee Marvin to drive an armored truck with Charles Bronson riding shotgun. With cameras poised, Marvin was a no-show. He was eventually tracked down to a pub in Belgravia and was hauled into a car and taken to the studio, where coffee was poured down his throat. When on arrival he fell out of the car, Bronson flipped, "I'm going to f---ing kill you, Lee". George
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