He sounds as if Van Morrison were his godfather, and he plays guitar with a gentle touch.
Clearly, Chrysler and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne learned from his stylistic godfather, Lee Iacocca, when he invaded the U.S. auto industry with his gutsy decision to pick up the carcass of Chrysler in 2009.
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Even his political godfather, Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister, seemed at the weekend to give up on Mr Abe.
She had last seen him Monday morning, when he told her he was planning to drive north to visit his ill godfather who he had not seen in a long time.
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Law enforcement sources said the Gambinos remain powerful, despite having a former godfather and his son behind bars.
Mr Medvedchuk, who asked Mr Putin to be a godfather to his child, is a welcome guest in the Kremlin.
He tries, but in Godfather II his best efforts come to naught.
Clooney himself may not be Sinatra, but he proves that he can hold his own on the big screen, while Andy Garcia is menacingly fabulous as his nemesis, the Godfather-like casino mogul Terry Benedict.
If young Samenow is The Natural, Louis is the Godfather, and his specialty is wait for it the Mid-Atlantic snowstorm.
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When he gave evidence, Mr Abramovich had said Mr Berezovsky was paid millions of pounds for his services as a "political godfather" but was not a business partner.
"I would never have become godfather to one of his children on the basis of my relationship with him while I was in office, " he said, but their relations became "easier" after he stepped down in 2007.
"Godfather of Soul" James Brown continued his Thanksgiving Day tradition by sponsoring a turkey giveaway in his hometown of Augusta.
Mr Lip, born Frank Anthony Vallelonga, made his film debut as a wedding guest in The Godfather and later appeared in successful gangster titles Goodfellas, Raging Bull and Donnie Brasco.
"'The Godfather' was a raw example of his experience at weddings, with family and he just took his experiences and viewed those characters with the familiar aspects that he had known from his uncles and his family, " she told CNN.
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It features the icon's outfits, family photographs, gold and platinum records, and tributes to his music, including an emotionally moving video of the Godfather performing "It's a Man's World" in Italy with opera star Luciano Pavarotti not long before their deaths.
Soros, with his far left-wing organization, MoveOn, is called the Godfather of world socialism.
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His career moved up a gear after the success of "The Godfather" in 1972, which became one of the highest-grossing films in history.
Since Beinisch's professional godfather, retired Supreme Court president Aharon Barak, enacted his "judicial revolution" in the 1990s, Israel's judicial system has been without parallel in the Western world.
The Wee Man, starring Martin Compston, tells the story of how Ferris entered Glasgow's crime underworld, working his way up the ranks as an associate of Arthur "The Godfather" Thompson Sr.
Federal prosecutors in Baltimore have seized the Internet domain names of 10 gaming web sites, including the online home of DoylesRoom, the poker web site that for years was promoted by Doyle Brunson, known as the Godfather of Poker and the most legendary professional poker player of his generation.
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He confirmed that he is the godfather of one of Murdoch's children, but said that is because his relationship with the media magnate changed once he was no longer prime minister.
Saul Alinsky, the godfather of subversive radical political action, had a very clear strategy for undermining and destroying his enemies: Infiltrate, divide and destroy.
Mr. Perry the front runner in every poll since he announced his candidacy in August finished a distant second to Herman Cain, the former chairman and CEO of Godfather Pizza.
Paul paid dearly for his groundbreaking investigative journalism about Berezovsky, in terms of six years of time-consuming and unwarranted litigation brought against him and Forbes by the godfather. (More on that case later.) He may also have paid for it with his life.
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