The politician, known as the "sailor's friend", was so revered that for many years Plimsoll Day on 10 February was celebrated in various parts of the UK while 15 towns have streets named after him.

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This inevitably raises the question of what proportion of the resulting composition is by the revered genius and what by his latter-day amanuensis.

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He will always be a demigod, revered, on a pedestal, in a way that Saban and really all modern-day coaches never really will.

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The holy day commemorates the end of a 40-day mourning period for Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed and one of the most revered Shiite figures.

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Al-Arbaeen marks the end of a 40-day mourning period for Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed and one of the most revered Shiite figures, who died in battle in the seventh century.

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At breakfast next day "at Tolly" (I discovered the definite article is never used when referring to the revered institution) I met one of the club's oldest members, Bob Wright, walking his labrador and smoking copiously in the crisp morning air.

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