Word: amsterdams
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...second installment in the sure-to-stay-dead “Deuce Bigalow” franchise, this little gem of a film finds Rob Schneider’s titular prosti-dude roaming the streets of Amsterdam with his pimp and de facto best friend, T.J. (Eddie Griffin). A mysterious “Man-Whore Killer” is stalking the loverboys of the region, and T.J. is the prime suspect...
...seafarers. After his bones were removed by Italian raiders to the port of Bari in 1087, prisoners, prostitutes, pawnbrokers and others flocked to his patronage. Soon, every Christian city wanted a piece of him, and relic hunters provided fingers, hair and teeth upon which to build churches. Reaching Amsterdam around 1300, he eventually became a supplier of goodies to kids, as shown in the 1907 postcard at left. And it was Dutch pilgrims who took him to America, where, in 19th century New York City, frothy writers and advertisers turned the austere bishop into the fat, jolly, pipe-smoking Santa...
...seafarers. After his bones were removed by Italian raiders to the port of Bari in 1087, prisoners, prostitutes, pawnbrokers and others flocked to his patronage. Soon, every Christian city wanted a piece of him, and relic hunters provided fingers, hair and teeth upon which to build churches. Reaching Amsterdam around 1300, he eventually became a supplier of goodies to kids, as shown in the 1907 postcard at left. And it was Dutch pilgrims who took him to America, where, in 19th century New York City, frothy writers and advertisers turned the austere bishop into the fat, jolly, pipe-smoking Santa...
European Heroes In your wonderful selection of people who deserve to be called European Heroes, you featured Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen [Oct. 10]. That is too much praise for a man who is mainly known for his prevarication and tardy approach to very real problems that affect this city. It is important to realize that in Holland, mayors are appointed by the crown. The good citizens of Amsterdam are thus not allowed to vote for their first citizen, and they instead got a refugee from the political establishment who needed a place to hide. After filmmaker Theo van Gogh...
...Amsterdam television station at5 conducted a poll about Job Cohen. Only 40% agreed that he was a hero - 60% disagreed. Maybe the real hero in the days after Theo van Gogh was killed was Cohen's ally, Alderman Ahmed Aboutaleb. Bert Knol Amsterdam...