As I read the news, I discovered some amazing things about this legendary broadcaster…

Harvey is considered the greatest radio salesman of all time, and has been recognized as Salesman of the Year, Commentator of the Year, Person of the Year, Father of the Year, and American of the Year.  He was inducted into both the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Hall of Fame and Oklahoma Hall of Fame.  Harvey has received eleven Freedom Foundation Awards, the Horatio Alger Award and an honorary degree from Washington University in St. Louis.  He was also awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush.

Wikipedia lists one of Harvey’s quotes…
The most noticeable features of Harvey’s idiosyncratic delivery was his dramatic pauses, quirky intonations and his folksiness. A large part of his success stemmed from the seamlessness with which he segued from his monologue into reading commercial messages.  He explained his enthusiastic support of his sponsors as such: “I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is.”

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Harvey

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abcradionetworks.com

usatoday.com/

en.wikipedia.org/

I pulled this quote from Wikipedia about the event:

St. Paddy’s Day or Paddy’s Day, is an annual feast day in the Roman Catholic Church, which celebrates Saint Patrick (circa 385–461 AD,) one of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on March 17th.

The date of the feast is occasionally moved by church authorities when March 17 falls during Holy Week; this happened in 1940 when Saint Patrick’s Day was observed on April 3 in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and is happening again in 2008, being observed on March 15, (though the State holiday in Ireland is not affected.)  March 17 will not fall during Holy Week again until 2160.