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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...according to Morris, and once referred to the lionized George Bernard Shaw as "a blue-rumped ape." Sir Mortimer Durand, His Majesty's Ambassador to the U.S. back then, was denounced as a fellow with "a mind that functions at six guinea-pig power." The Populist Senator William Peffer was immortalized as "a well-meaning, pinheaded, anarchistic crank, of hirsute and slab-sided aspect." That latter bit might make it a little difficult for the victim to throw off the effects with a laugh. Still, all of Morris' research on Roosevelt shows that deep down few adversaries could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Art of Poitical Insult | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

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