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Word: knighting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pronounce him "a magnificent anachronism" and America's most fearsome belligerent. The British, on the other hand, are all whining limeys whose vindictive leader, Field Marshal Montgomery, nourishes his ego on the bones of American troops. One can imagine an equally distorted British interpretation mounting Monty as a knight-errant and Patton as a gorilla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Old Blood and Guts | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

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