Word: galgenhumor
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...other ways, though, Kissinger has changed considerably. He has developed a wry sense of Galgenhumor, of which he is the chief victim. After being attacked by another Administration official as an "egotistical maniac," he remarked: "It took me 18 years to achieve total animosity at Harvard. In Washington, I did it in 18 months...
...cadaverous skull. He tried to pass the time by reading a book of Bavarian folk tales, but was much disturbed by stomach cramps, which made him rock back & forth on his bench. (Unimpressed, his U.S. doctor advised him to keep rocking.) The only display of what the Germans call Galgenhumor (humor of the gallows) came from ex-Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach. Said he, as he was served dinner in his cell: "If the victuals continue to get better, they'll be serving us steak by the time they hang...
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