But the two men,and their dog Bud, also had trouble with their car and with the weather.

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were two of America's funniest funnymen.

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The Arizona senator, who often mentions his time as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam era, graduated from the Academy in 1958 along with John Poindexter and Robert "Bud" McFarlane, two consecutive national security advisers under President Reagan who played a role in the Iran-Contra affair.

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The right-hander is the first Cleveland pitcher to pitch two shutouts in the same season since Bud Black and Greg Swindell in 1989.

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Aboard the train, guests discover spacious, wood-paneled suites, each with a bed, two upholstered lounge chairs and a writing table on which is set a bud vase with a rose.

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