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What was the most notorious use of the word on TV when it's either been blurted out or said intentionally? Kenneth Tynan used it in England in a 1965 interview on a BBC talk show, and that was a tremendously prominent thing. The newspapers were outraged. He was then the director of the National Theatre. The BBC was forced to apologize, politicians attempted not only to remove Tynan from his post but to remove the head of the BBC because of it, to prosecute him for using obscene words. In America, it's been used a number of times...
Presented annually since 1956 by the trustees of the Richards Free Library of Newport, N.H., the award is given to a person of literary stature whose body of work has exhibited a meaningful connection to New England...
...think his body of work is very much a part of the fabric of the New England community...
...love New England and I’ve been lucky enough to receive many awards, and this is really, truly one of the most memorable,” Gates told the nearly 400 locals of the Newport area who attended the ceremony...
Gates’ connection to the African American community, as well as New England, was noted in presenting him the award, as he is its first African American recipient...