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Pope Leo holding a baseball bat on a plane
Reminded of a Russian joke: A man buys a newspaper daily at a Moscow news stand, glances at the first page, and tosses it in the garbage. After a couple weeks of seeing him do this, the news stand owner asks him “Why do you toss the newspaper after glancing at the first page?” The man replies “I’m looking for an obituary.” To which the news stand owner responds “But obituaries are on the back page.” And the man says “The one I’m looking for will be on the front page.”
Cover of ‘Z’, a Costa Gavras movie
Eli Cash: “Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't.” (From ‘The Royal Tennenbaums’)
When it comes to the Department of Health and Human Services, Birx said she thought that Kennedy would need "a management person at his side, a chief of staff" to help him lead a department that manages all the areas that fall under the umbrella of public health.
Michael Dukakis’ infamous picture in a tank
Mr Bookman from Seinfeld