Abersychan was the birthplace of the politicians Roy Jenkins, Don Touhig and Paul Murphy ( MP for Torfaen ), and of the rugby footballers Wilfred Hodder, Candy Evans and Bryn Meredith.

The original Arabic name of Crete was Iqrīṭiš ( < ( της ) Κρήτης ), but after the Emirate of Crete's establishment of its new capital at ربض الخندق Rabḍ al-ḫandaq ( modern Iraklion ), both the city and the island became known as Χάνδαξ ( Khandhax ) or Χάνδακας ( Khandhakas ), which gave Latin and Venetian Candia, from which French Candie and English Candy or Candia.

The 1963 Washburn Yearbook says, " Candy was a member of Blue Tri, Class Play, Poplars Staff, Quill Club, Forensics, Pep Club, and Hall of Fame " Blue Tri club was an organization that encouraged Christian ideals and put together service projects.

Other chart hits during this period included Parton's chart-topping cover of the 1969 First Edition hit " But You Know I Love You " and " The House of the Rising Sun " ( both 1981 ), " Single Women ", " Heartbreak Express " and " Hard Candy Christmas " ( 1982 ) and 1983's " Potential New Boyfriend ", which was accompanied by one of Parton's first music videos, and which also reached the U. S. dance charts.

Pepsi's success under Guth came while the Loft Candy business was faltering.

" Crying " followed in July 1961 and reached number 2 ; it was coupled with an R & B up-tempo song titled " Candy Man " written by Fred Neil and Beverley Ross, which reached the Billboard Top 30, staying on the charts for two months.

The troupe made one movie, Brain Candy, which was released in 1996.

A 1998 adaptation was directed by Christopher Dunne, and starred Robert Reese as Titus, Candy K. Sweet as Tamora, Lexton Raliegh as Aaron, Tom Dennis as Demitrius, with Levi David Tinker as Chiron and Amanda Gezik as Lavinia.

This was hellenized as Χάνδαξ ( Handax ) or Χάνδακας and Latinized as Candia, which was taken into other European languages: in Italian as Candia ( used under the Venetian rule ), in French as Candie, in English as Candy, all of which could refer to all of Crete as well as to the city itself ; the Ottoman name was Kandiye.

Candy was in the audience for the American Film Institute's tribute to David Lean, director of Bridge on the River Kwai.

was founded by Charlie Ergen, his wife Candy and their friend Jim DeFranco as a satellite television equipment distributor in 1980.

EchoStar was formed in 1980 by its chairman and chief executive officer, Charles Ergen along with colleagues Candy Ergen and Jim Defranco, as a distributor of C band satellite television systems.

Actor John Candy was entombed in the same mausoleum, two crypts above Fred MacMurray.

He appeared in " The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary " ( 2009 ), the fifth episode of the third season of the situation comedy The Big Bang Theory, playing a fictionalized version of himself, as the focus of Sheldon Cooper's ire for not having attended a Star Trek convention at which his appearance was scheduled.

John Franklin Candy ( October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994 ) was a Canadian actor and comedian.

Candy was born in Newmarket, Ontario in 1950.

The son of Reese James Candy and his wife Evangeline ( Aker ) Candy, he was raised in a working-class Roman Catholic family.

According to writer-comedian Bob Odenkirk, Candy was reputedly the " most-burned potential host " of SNL, in that he was asked to host many times, only to be told ' no thanks ' by the SNL staff at the last minute.

In 1983, Candy headlined in the film Going Berserk, and was also approached to play the character of accountant Louis Tully in Ghostbusters ( completed and released in 1984 ), but ultimately did not get the role because of his conflicting ideas of how to play the character ; the part went instead to Rick Moranis.

Louis Tully was originally conceived as a conservative man in a business suit played by comedian John Candy ; but with Candy unable to commit to the role, it was taken by Rick Moranis who portrayed Louis as a geek.

Two tracks of this record, " Candy " ( popularized by The Strangeloves and covered by many other groups ) and " What Boys Like " ( originally by the Waitresses ) served as homage to 1980s new wave while simultaneously striking a humorous jab at homophobia.

She is originally a nurse who also lures her Black colleague Candy ( Barbara Deloney ) to the world of sex and money led by The Overseer.

The song was originally the B-Side of the 7-inch single, with the A-Side " You're My Candy Sweet " a mid-tempo disco song.

The animals were originally supposed to talk and Pocahontas was going to have a third sidekick, a turkey named Redfeather voiced by John Candy, who supplied a lot of voicework.

Though he had originally planned to run for re-election in 1995, he announced in June 1994, shortly after marrying his second wife Candy Picou, that he would be retiring from politics at the end of his term.

Although the charismatic performances by Candy Givens were originally the focal point for the band, it was the flashy guitar work of Tommy Bolin that the band is best remembered for.

Carolco Pictures had originally signed Sylvester Stallone to appear opposite John Candy in a comedy directed by John Hughes about feuding neighbors.

Sidhwa's novel Cracking India, ( 1991, U. S .; 1992, India ; originally published as Ice Candy Man, 1988, England ), is the basis for Mehta's 1998 film, Earth.

Ebersol originally wanted to bring in John Candy and Catherine O ' Hara from SCTV ; Candy turned down the offer and Rosato joined instead.

American jujubes are a type of starch, gum and corn syrup based candy drops originally produced by the Heide Candy Company.

The knuckleball throwing Candiotti, nicknamed " The Candy Man " or simply " Candy ", was originally drafted by Kansas City in 1980 but claimed in the Rule 5 Draft by Milwaukee that year.

" Three Boats Down From The Candy " was originally the B-side of " Market Square Heroes ", but the version on this album is the re-recorded B-side of " Punch and Judy ".

Khetwadi, originally an area with a sparse population living off agriculture and plantations, developed in the mid-19th century with the widening of Parel road and the Girgaon road called the Breach Candy Road.

" Nevertheless, by the end of the tour, all of the seven core acts originally featured in the Melody Maker special had recording contracts with either major or big independent labels – Orlando with WEA subsidiary Blanco y Negro Records, Plastic Fantastic with Mercury Records, Sexus with ZTT, Hollywood with U2's Mother Records label, DexDexTer with Island Records subdivision Trade2, Viva with Planet3 Records and Minty ( whose transvestite drummer Trevor Sharpe had filled in as drummer for Plastic Fantastic on the tour ) with Candy Records.

Candy Jones, originally known as Jessica Arline Wilcox ( December 31, 1925-January 18, 1990 ), was an American fashion model, writer and radio talk show hostess.

It is based upon Bapsi Sidhwa's novel, Cracking India, ( 1991, U. S .; 1992, India ; originally published as Ice Candy Man, 1988, England ).

The school, originally located on Candy road, was relocated south to two acres of land on Red Hill Road ( later renamed Education road ) which was donated by local farmer Harry Mason.

Candy is still served in this form today, though now it is more typically seen as a type of garnish.

Candy is made by dissolving sugar in water or milk to form a syrup, which is boiled until it reaches the desired concentration or starts to caramelize.

The same year and in rare form, Candy played a dramatic role as Dean Andrews Jr., a shady Southern lawyer in Oliver Stone's JFK.

This story was adapted in a highly abridged form in the animated film Heavy Metal, where Den was voiced by John Candy.

In 2011, Carlos once again debuted a band at SXSW in the form of his new project Candy Golde.

In the late 1990s, the Howard Johnson's Candy Factory and Executive Offices in Wollaston were purchased and renovated by the Eastern Nazarene College to form the Adams Executive Center.

Just 6 months later, in March 2002, and with a new co-presenting team which included Amy Lamé, Mark O ' Donnell and David Kuo, he took over the breakfast show from 6-9am, with a new theme tune in the form of the Anthony Newley song The Candy Man.

Nerds are a form of candy currently sold by Nestlé under their Willy Wonka Candy Company brand.

A similar product, Cosmic Candy, previously called Space Dust, was in powdered form and was also manufactured by General Foods.

Burruss then teamed with Atlanta female rapper Rasheeda to form the duo Peach Candy, signed to D-Lo Entertainment.

2005 saw Lodger release two as-of-yet unseen One-Eyed Films in the form of advertisements: God Has Rejected the Western World for Sabotaz spray paints, and 24h Candy Machine for idea-protector. com.

The teachings of Kenneth Hagin have been described by Candy Gunther Brown of Indiana University as the most " orthodox " form of Word of Faith prosperity teaching.