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[William S. Lear]

On Monday, April 12, 1999 at 21:45:44 (-0700) S Pawlett writes:
>Gunder Frank wrote:
>
>> I found him perfectly normal and down to earth - just like me - and he
>> told me I'm a good guy too, just like him. need i go into more detail
>> about our talk about us and the world? anyway, that makes it hard for me
>> to believe what I just read about him here.
>> agf
>
>You could say the same for anyone. Was it Churchill, the State Department or
>both who referred to Mussolini as "that fine gentleman"? ...

FDR referred to Mussolini as "that admirable Italian gentleman".  Ida
Tarbell, progressive muckraking journalist, was also much taken with
Il Duce.

Bill