Every year, if my aging memory is correct, Lucy would ask Charlie Brown if he wanted to kick the football.

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"Don't be a blockhead, " Superior Court Judge Dwayne Moring told Robbins, borrowing a line from Charlie Brown's friend Lucy.

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Here is a simple explanation of QE3: Ben Bernanke is Lucy Van Pelt, the American people are Charlie Brown, and QE3 is the football.

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As for his affair with Lucy Hessel, "it doesn't seem to have interfered with her marriage, " Mr. Brown says.

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