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| | UzbekWorld.com - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Monday, February 12, 2001, 13:32 UZ There’s a scene in "The Princess Bride" in which it is revealed that the Dread Pirate Roberts, who has been terrorizing the land for generations, is actually not an individual pirate, but a brand name. |
 | | It works like this: An enterprising corsair acquires the name Dread Pirate Roberts; then, bolstered by this heart-stopping sobriquet, he terrorizes the land until, his financial goals met, he retires and passes on the trademark to some other would-be buccaneer. |
 | | None of the subsequent Dread Pirate Roberts really have to be as dreadful as the first one, since they live off the deeds of the name. |
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