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...ller their best assistant, the Germans' worst flyer. "Tally ho!" they yelled when they spotted him. "Here comes Müller's bunch!" As they went after the Messerschmitts, they could hear the Nazi commander bellowing angry curses over the inter-plane radio: "Müller, verdammter Esel! [damn ass!]. . . . Müller Menschenskind! [man alive!]. . . . Müller, Sie Trottel! [you dope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ITALY: The Pranging of Muller | 11/29/1943 | See Source »

...living, a perfect willingness to let Friend Engels earn one for him. Marx was also one of the most vituperative geniuses who ever lived. Favorite Marxian epithets for friends and foes alike: Dog! Bedbug! Swine! Pot! Blockhead! Cow! Says Author Wilson: "As the years go on, the word Esel (jackass) seems almost to become synonymous with human being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Revolution's Evolution | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

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