Word: ruder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Adolf Berle. Kennedy's Latin America troubleshooter, got a small hello from Brazil's new President Jânío Quadros. But, according to the story as leaked out last week by diplomatic sources, it was even ruder than that...
Proudly, Lerner points out that he avoided rhyming "Camelot" with "swam a lot" or "Lancelot" with "dance a lot" but he did bring off such a rhyme in My Fair Lady when he lined up "Budapest" and "ruder pest" (it had to be changed after Soviet tanks in 1956 made the line less amusing). At his worst, his pudding is awfully hasty...