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    The candy desk has been a tradition of the United States Senate since 1965, whereby a senator who sits at a particular desk near a busy entrance keeps...
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  • desk drawers emerged. In 1965, California senator George Murphy began a tradition of keeping a desk near the back of the chamber stocked with candy....
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    Murphy created the candy desk by placing a supply of confectionery on his desk on the U.S. Senate floor. After 1971, the candy-desk duties were bequeathed...
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    Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian who is best known for his work in Hollywood films. Candy first rose...
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  • is a royal palace, and therefore legally exempt from the legislation. Candy Desk Presidential M&M's McSmith, Andy (21 October 2013). "Our Man in Westminster:...
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    Ouster Means End of Senate Candy Desk". Outside the Beltway. Toeplitz, Shira (February 13, 2011). "Mark Kirk: Senate candy man". Politico. Maeve Reston...
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  • Hard Candy is a 2005 American psychological thriller film focusing on a 14-year-old female vigilante's trapping and torture of a man whom she suspects...
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    in 2002. During part of his tenure in the Senate, Jeffords sat at the Candy Desk. Jeffords during his tenure as a state senator Jeffords in 1975, as a...
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  • Candy Darling (November 24, 1944 – March 21, 1974) was an American transgender actress, best known as a Warhol superstar. She starred in Andy Warhol's...
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    the junior U.S. senator from Illinois. Kirk sat at the Senate's coveted Candy Desk for several years. Kirk is considered to be a social moderate and fiscal...
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    Trump's signature were not yet available. Candy Desk – United States Senate tradition since 1968 List of candies Parliamentary snuff box – In the UK House...
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    Act of 1968. During part of his tenure in the Senate, Fannin sat at the candy desk. He continued to live in Phoenix, Arizona, until he died of a stroke on...
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    of the 118th Congress in January 2023, Young has occupied the Senate Candy Desk, replacing retired Senator Pat Toomey. Committee on Commerce, Science...
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    the Senate. Twice during his tenure in the Senate, Gorton sat at the Candy Desk.[citation needed] In 2002, Gorton became a member of the 9/11 Commission...
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    2009, Voinovich sat at what is traditionally known as the Senate's "candy desk". Voinovich voted in favor of the Matthew Shepard Act.[citation needed]...
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    September 2. During part of his tenure in the Senate, Martínez sat at the Candy desk. Martínez defeated his Democratic opponent, Betty Castor, in a very close...
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    omen of doom." In season six, we see that she continues to keep the candy in her desk drawer, even at CGC. It is also mentioned in Sarah Weeks' novel So...
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    Administration. During part of his tenure in the Senate, Jepsen sat at the Candy Desk. Jepsen married twice, first to Dorothy Ann Lambertson in 1948, they had...
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    Farley's & Sathers Candy Company was created as an umbrella company to roll up many small companies, brands and products under a common management team...
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  • books. Novels portal Chameleon in a Candy Store Italie, Hillel. "Chameleon in a Candy Store - Rights Desk". Rights Desk. Retrieved 21 June 2021. Italie,...
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    Abbott Elementary (redirect from Desking)
    Abbott Elementary is an American mockumentary sitcom television series created by Quinta Brunson for ABC. It stars Brunson as Janine Teagues, a perpetually...
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  • Candy Candy is a 1976 to 1979 Japanese anime television series based on Kyoko Mizuki manga series of the same name. The animated series was produced by...
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    Candy Jones, born Jessica Arline Wilcox (December 31, 1925 – January 18, 1990), was an American fashion model, writer and radio talk show hostess. Born...
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    Wilson appeared in films such as The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Hard Candy (2005), Little Children (2006), Watchmen (2009), and The A-Team (2010)....
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    summary of "The Warming Candy Room", wherein three boys eat too many "warming candies" and end up "bursting with heat." The Warming Candy Room is dominated...
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    Marianne is a Finnish mint chocolate candy originally developed in 1949 by Chymos, now produced by Fazer. Marianne candies have a hard peppermint-flavoured...
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    Pablo Schreiber (category Drama Desk Award winners)
    television miniseries Candy as Allan Gore, opposite Jessica Biel's character, Candy Montgomery. It is based on the true story of how Candy Montgomery was accused...
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    Cidizens") (2012); The Cooling (2015); Rerun City (2017); Morse Code (2019); and Candy Apple Red (2022). The Cooling and Rerun City were recorded at Pachyderm...
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  • Affairs Committee. For his first two years in the Senate, he sat at the Candy desk. McCain was a strong supporter of the Gramm-Rudman legislation that enforced...
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    Andrea Martin (category Drama Desk Award winners)
    Black Christmas, a Canadian slasher. In 1976, she joined then-unknowns John Candy, Dave Thomas, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Harold Ramis, and Joe Flaherty...
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