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Yosemite Sam on April 14, 2006 - 11:07am

The Weekly Standard has been very critical of Rummy for at least two years now. The want someone who will take off the gloves and kick some serious butt.

"It's a puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma."

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Nick Rouse on April 14, 2006 - 6:13pm

The quote is:-
"It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."
Made in 1939 by Sir Winston Churchill on a BBC radio broadcast with reference to forcasting the action of Russia.

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Yosemite Sam on April 14, 2006 - 9:36pm

Thanks. I like Churchill's version.

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