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When Gandhi put literally the entire West on notice.
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When Truman blasted Nixon.
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When Mae West put a gentleman in his place.
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When Lincoln destroyed an opponent.
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When Dorothy Parker had the last word on someone's book.
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When Fred Allen asked a simple question of a simple person.
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When Christopher Hitchens gave Jerry Falwell an obituary.
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When Bob Dole eviscerated George HW Bush.
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When Paul Keating put John Hewson out of his misery.
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When Mel Brooks explained things to the suits.
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When Winston Churchill ruined Clement Attlee.
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When Clive James skewered Gerald Ford.
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When George Will took out Ronald Reagan.
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When George Orwell ripped Stanley Baldwin a new one.
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When Beethoven offered to help a friend in need.
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And when Dorothy Parker put Margot Asquith on blast.
