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Alf and heard
For example, during the 1936 season at the Chautauqua Institution, in anticipation of the national election held that year for president, visitors heard not only addresses by Franklin Roosevelt and his Republican challenger Alf Landon, but from two third-party candidates.

Alf and you
I think you made a dam good chouise to turn off as nise a feler as Alf Dyer and let that orney thefin, drunkard, damed card playing sun of a bich com to sea you, the god damed theaf and lop yeard pigen tode helion, he is too orney for hel.
But when I went back to Wales I would start talking all Welsh, ‘ lyke that you see ’ before going all Alf Garnett while coming back the other way .”
" Songs came from the Beaux and the Belles and Bob and Alf Pearson provided the musical interlude-" We bring you melodies from out of the sky, my brother and I!
Just as she rejects and abandons him in the church, Alf is reminded by Fred that he has had a " lucky escape ", to which Alf angrily replies, " What do you mean?
: 1001 thanks is Alf shukran wa shukran ( Arabic: ألف شكرا و شكرا ): " One thousand thanks and thank you ".
I fancied I knew his face, but thought it was at the Peake that I had seen him, but he said " Oh no, don't you remember Alf with Bagot's sheep at the north-west bend of the Murray?
My name's Alf Gibson, and I want to go out with you.
In his stage show with George Best Marsh later joked that the England manager Alf Ramsey told him ‘ I'll be watching you for the first 45 minutes and if you don't work harder I'll pull you off at half time ," to which Marsh said that he replied: “ Crikey, Alf, at Manchester City all we get is an orange and a cup of tea .”.
Mirkin said of the Westworld parody: " Again, to show you what a collaboration this is, we had the animators looking at Westworld and making sure of the animation, and then we made sure that Simpsons composer Alf Clausen got the brilliant soundtrack from the film.
An editor of an article produced by The Guardian following the character ’ s death claimed that " if you saw a hat at all in the Rovers, you knew Alf was under it ".
Speight defended the Alf Garnett character, saying: " If you do the character correctly, he just typifies what you hear-not only in pubs but in golf clubs around the country.

Alf and was
: The land governed by King Alf was called Alfheim, and all his offspring are related to the elves.
Although Walter Winterbottom was appointed as England's first ever full-time manager in 1946, the team was still picked by a committee until Alf Ramsey took over in 1963.
The 1966 World Cup was hosted in England and Alf Ramsey guided England to victory with a 4 – 2 win against West Germany after extra time in the final, during which Geoff Hurst famously scored a hat-trick.
These included An Elopement à la Mode and The Pickpocket: A Chase Through London, made by Alf Collins for the British branch of the French Gaumont company, Daring Daylight Burglary, made by Frank Mottershaw at the Sheffield Photographic Company, and Desperate Poaching Affray, made by the Haggar family, whose main business was exhibiting films made by others in their traveling tent theatre.
At the time, Ron Springett was the goalkeeper for England, but after the 1962 World Cup in Chile, a new coach was appointed in former England right back Alf Ramsey.
The following season he was in the West Ham side which lost the League Cup final on aggregate to West Bromwich Albion, and in February 1966 he was given his debut for England by manager Alf Ramsey.
When he was awarded the Alf Henrikson Prize in 2004, the jury's motivation spoke of his renditions of the " existence of the everyday human between ideals and matter ".
After the competition, Walter Winterbottom was succeeded by Alf Ramsey, who was less enamoured of the cocksure, free-spirited Haynes and never once picked him.
The first kit Moon owned was a blue Premier kit bought on hire purchase ( credit ) and co-signed by his father, Alf.
Newton Heath's first league match at Bank Street was played against Burnley on 1 September 1893, when 10, 000 people saw Alf Farman score a hat-trick, Newton Heath's only goals in a 3 – 2 win.
After precursors such as Johnny Alf, João Donato, and musicians like Luis Bonfá and Garoto, this sub-genre was inaugurated by João Gilberto, Tom Jobim, and Vinicius de Moraes.
According to Swedish historian and professor, Gunnar Richardson, this myth was first presented in Swedish textbooks and promoted by Swedish authors such as Alf Henrikson.
In 1965, he was cast as Alf Garnett in a play for the BBC Comedy Playhouse series, broadcast on 22 July 1965.
Mitchell was voted TV Actor of the Year in 1965 for his portrayal of Alf Garnett in Till Death Do Us Part.
Alf was portrayed as the archetypal working-class Conservative.
In a demonstration of Speight's satirical skills-after a successful libel action brought against Speight by Mary Whitehouse-he created an episode where Alf Garnett was seen as a fan of Whitehouse first broadcast on 27 February 1967.
Alf was an admirer of Enoch Powell, a right-wing Conservative politician known particularly for strong opposition to the immigration of non-white races into the United Kingdom.
Alf was also a supporter of West Ham United ( a football club based in the East End ) and known to make derogatory remarks about " the Jews up at Spurs " ( referring to Tottenham Hotspur, a North London club with a sizeable Jewish following ).
In interviews, Speight explained he had originally based Alf on his father, an East End docker who was staunchly reactionary and held " unenlightened " attitudes toward black people.

Alf and together
Alf and his Scanian comrade, Borgar, together with their Danish sea-warriors, searched for and eventually found Alfhild and her fleet by the coast of southern Finland.
Also seen frequently, and lending a certain continuity to the series, are the minor characters Alf Miscolo ( the clerk in charge of records and coffee ) and desk sergeant Dave Murchison, as well as a large cast of regulars who do not work at the 87th, including Steve's deaf-mute wife Theodora " Teddy " Carella ; the buffoonish and arrogant homicide detectives Monoghan and Monroe, who always appear together ; the crime lab supervisor Sam Grossman ; Medical Examiner Paul Blaney ( and later his twin brother Carl ) from the Coroner's Office ; police informants Danny Gimp and Fats Donner ; Rolly Chabrier and Nellie Brand from the District Attorney's office ; and Detective Ollie Weeks ( a. k. a. " Fat Ollie "), a central character in several 87th Precinct novels even though he is in fact on the squad of the neighboring 88th Precinct.
He married Else Storhaug in 1948 and together they had two children, a daughter, Elin Julie and a son, Alf Ketil.
Alf was still proud when the couple had a son together in September 1972.

Alf and all
Warren Mitchell ( born Warren Misell ; 14 January 1926 ) is an English actor who rose to initial prominence in the role of bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in the BBC television sitcom Till Death Us Do Part ( 1965 – 75 ), and its sequels Till Death ... ( ATV, 1981 ) and In Sickness and in Health ( BBC, 1985 – 92 ), all of which were written by Johnny Speight.
Two feature films were made based on the series-the first was Till Death Us Do Part ( 1969 ), whose first half dealt with the younger Alf and Else during World War II, and whose second half dealt with all the Garnetts in the present day being moved from their East End slum to the New town of Hemel Hempstead, and the adjustments and changes that brought on the family.
Much of the comedy surrounding the Johnsons is based on Mrs. Johnson's sympathy towards Alf, often letting him walk all over them and much to the anger of Mr. Johnson.
Left alone after all the other mourners have gone home, Alf, the belligerent old curmudgeon who always treated his wife appallingly, gently touches the handle of her ( now empty ) wheelchair and sobs " Silly old moo!
If Abe actually tampers with the main boiler, Abe teleports from the explosion just in time and is greeted by all his saved Mudokon friends, one of which is Alf.
The West Indian spinners Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine caused difficulties for all the batsmen except Hutton, who always appeared comfortable.
When she discovers that Alf was faking the relationship just to borrow money from her, she snaps and throws all the dinner plates and crockery at him.
The Norwegian scholar Alf Torp ( 1853 – 1916 ) in Indogermanische Forschungen ( 1895 ), V, 195, deals fully with the two inscriptions just mentioned, and practically sums up all that is either certain or probable in the conjectures of his predecessors.
Harington ward, whose councillors are Gillian Cuthbertson, Alf Doran, and Denise Dutton, all members of the Conservative Party, and Ravenmeols ward, whose councillors are Barry Griffiths, Anne Ibbs, David Mcivor, again all members of the Conservative Party.
Most songs on the album were written by Alf Clausen, who is the composer on The Simpsons and co-writes, arranges, produces, and conducts almost all music that is featured in the show.
Much of that musical brilliance is due to Alf Clausen [...] Hearing all of this music, ranging from the first to the ninth season, in one place confirms how Clausen and his collaborators can master everything from show tunes to commercial jingles.
Sir Alf Ramsey gave Larry his international debut on 19 May 1971 in a British Home Championship match against Wales, the game was played at Wembley and finished 0 – 0, Lloyd should have felt at home as team-mates Chris Lawler, Emlyn Hughes and Smith all started the game.
Then he beat Alf Brown, Dan Merritt, and Buddy Walker, all except Walker by decision.
Worthington, Les Townsend, Smith and Alderman all passed 1, 000 runs and Copson and Mitchell took over 100 wickets, with Alf Pope taking 94.
Despite Norris's interfering, Knighton, thanks to an informal scouting system of his friends and former colleagues in the North, signed several high-quality players for Arsenal ; these included Bob John, Jimmy Brain and Alf Baker, all of whom would be part of Arsenal's trophy-winning side of the early 1930s.
I'm stopped all the time by people who say, " Isn't she awful to Alf?

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