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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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