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...anti-American, I thank you for your rotten article devoted to my person. Your insult to a head of state and your odious lies dishonor not only your magazine but also your nation . . . You symbolize the worst in humanity...
Hitler's odious power to spellbind an audience has wreaked havoc once again in the furor over the fake diaries [May 16]. Even in death, Hitler has destroyed the reputation and credibility of gullible historians and editors, most notably those at the magazine Stern. All it took was a forger for the Fűhrer to bask in the limelight yet another time. Had the diaries proved authentic, then collectors would have been at one another's throats to own the journals of a man who caused such worldwide suffering...
...jobs. Many point to U.S. grain sales to the Soviet Union as a parallel "marriage of convenience," they're justifiably angered at Reagan's hypocrisy in supporting a deal that he could just as easily have subjected to the boycott, and even having to trot out such arguments is odious to many who feel Reagan is meddling in an issue which only tangentially affects the United States...
...eyes lifted in the same direction as Stavros: wealthward. In a hilarious set piece, she accepts the highest-bidding suitor and heads for the altar with Fernand's son. But at the last moment, Althea refuses to sign a marriage contract that provides $200,000 for her odious mother and nothing for herself. While her fiance rushes off to get drunk, the bride-to-be makes love to Stavros in her wedding gown and precipitates an unforgettable four-wall fray for all. Yet all's wealthy that ends wealthy. While his old flame marries on her own terms...
...course, the intention here is not to counsel the BSA or AAA in survival politics; in fact, just the opposite is true. By acting as though they have the mandate their names imply, they have both become guilty of the most odious hubris...