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Notable diplomats

  1. Benjamin Franklin, US minister to the French royal court (American Revolution)
  2. Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat, author and economist, and second Secretary-General of the U.N.
  3. Prince von Metternich, Austrian Diplomat, led the Congress of Vienna, architect of the “Balance of Power” in Europe that lasted (sorta-kinda) for a century.
  4. Lester B. Pearson, Canadian prime minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis.
  5. Vidkun Quisling - Norwegian diplomat to the Soviet Union managing British diplomatic affairs, later executed by firing squad after being found guilty of embezzlement, murder, and high treason against the Norwegian state.
  6. Carlos P. Romulo - Philippines, served as President of the UN General Assembly. When the Soviet delegate called him “just a little man from a little country,” Romulo replied “It is the duty of the little Davids here to fling pebbles of truth between the eyes of blustering Goliaths—and make them behave.”
  7. Ken Taylor, Canadian ambassador to Iran, who facilitated the escape of six Americans from Iran in 1980 (aka the “Canadian Caper”)
  8. U Thant, Burmese diplomat, longest-serving Secretary-General of the United Nations, helped avert catastrophe during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  9. Jimmy Carter - helped negotiate peace between Israel and Egypt in 1979
  10. Charles Talleyrand - negotiated a surprisingly good deal for France at the Congress of Vienna
  11. Joachim von Ribbentrop - negotiated Nazi Germany’s ‘Pact of Steel’ alliance with Italy, and the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop pact that set the stage for the invasion of Poland at the dawn of WW2
  12. William H. Seward - US Secretary of State (1861-69); negotiated extraordinarily cheap purchase of Alaska from Russia 67973
  13. Richard Holbrooke - negotiated 1995 peace agreement in Bosnia

Next - iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
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Next - iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
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iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
  3. Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels as Edward Kimberly as Emily Kimberly, Tootsie
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iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
  3. Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels as Edward Kimberly as Emily Kimberly, Tootsie
  4. Raymond “Ray” Babbitt in “Rain Man.”
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iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
  3. Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels as Edward Kimberly as Emily Kimberly, Tootsie
  4. Raymond “Ray” Babbitt in “Rain Man.”
  5. Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy
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iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
  3. Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels as Edward Kimberly as Emily Kimberly, Tootsie
  4. Raymond “Ray” Babbitt in “Rain Man.”
  5. Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy
  6. Stanley Motss, Wag the Dog

“Look at that! That is a complete fucking fraud, and it looks a hundred percent real. It’s the best work I’ve ever done in my life, because it’s so honest.”

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iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
  3. Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels as Edward Kimberly as Emily Kimberly, Tootsie
  4. Raymond “Ray” Babbitt in “Rain Man.”
  5. Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy
  6. Stanley Motss, Wag the Dog
  7. Lenny Bruce, Lenny
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Iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
  3. Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels as Edward Kimberly as Emily Kimberly, Tootsie
  4. Raymond “Ray” Babbitt in “Rain Man.”
  5. Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy
  6. Stanley Motss, Wag the Dog
  7. Lenny Bruce, Lenny
  8. Captain Hook, Hook
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Iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
  3. Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels as Edward Kimberly as Emily Kimberly, Tootsie
  4. Raymond “Ray” Babbitt in “Rain Man.”
  5. Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy
  6. Stanley Motss, Wag the Dog
  7. Lenny Bruce, Lenny
  8. Captain Hook, Hook
  9. Ted Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer
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Iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
  3. Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels as Edward Kimberly as Emily Kimberly, Tootsie
  4. Raymond “Ray” Babbitt in “Rain Man.”
  5. Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy
  6. Stanley Motss, Wag the Dog
  7. Lenny Bruce, Lenny
  8. Captain Hook, Hook
  9. Ted Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer
  10. Louis Dega, Papillon

Spoiler alert, I guess. It’s one of the final scenes of the movie. But come on, Papillon came out in 1973. If you haven’t watched it yet, you probably weren’t going to.

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Iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
  3. Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels as Edward Kimberly as Emily Kimberly, Tootsie
  4. Raymond “Ray” Babbitt in “Rain Man.”
  5. Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy
  6. Stanley Motss, Wag the Dog
  7. Lenny Bruce, Lenny
  8. Captain Hook, Hook
  9. Ted Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer
  10. Louis Dega, Papillon
  11. Col. Sam Daniels, Outbreak

Too often overlooked - a taut biomedical thriller, and he’s very good in it, I thought: Outbreak (film) - Wikipedia

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Iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
  3. Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels as Edward Kimberly as Emily Kimberly, Tootsie
  4. Raymond “Ray” Babbitt in “Rain Man.”
  5. Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy
  6. Stanley Motss, Wag the Dog
  7. Lenny Bruce, Lenny
  8. Captain Hook, Hook
  9. Ted Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer
  10. Louis Dega, Papillon
  11. Col. Sam Daniels, Outbreak
  12. Master Shifu, Kung Fu Panda

It’s great to see the looks on people’s faces when you talk about Dustin Hoffman as a kung fu master.

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Iconic Dustin Hoffman roles

  1. Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men
  2. Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate
  3. Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels as Edward Kimberly as Emily Kimberly, Tootsie
  4. Raymond “Ray” Babbitt in “Rain Man.”
  5. Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy
  6. Stanley Motss, Wag the Dog
  7. Lenny Bruce, Lenny
  8. Captain Hook, Hook
  9. Ted Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer
  10. Louis Dega, Papillon
  11. Col. Sam Daniels, Outbreak
  12. Master Shifu, Kung Fu Panda
  13. Jack Crabb, Little Big Man

I’ll pass

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Dollar store food items

  1. 2.5 litre Faygo pop
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Dollar store food items

  1. 2.5 litre Faygo pop
  2. Off-brand potato chips
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Dollar store food items

  1. 2.5 litre Faygo pop
  2. Off-brand potato chips
  3. Wine in a plastic glass.

Yes, I saw this being sold in a dollar store in Houston.

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Dollar store food items

  1. 2.5 litre Faygo pop
  2. Off-brand potato chips
  3. Wine in a plastic glass
  4. Hot Pockets
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Dollar store food items

  1. 2.5 litre Faygo pop
  2. Off-brand potato chips
  3. Wine in a plastic glass
  4. Hot Pockets
  5. Off-brand jar of pickles
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Dollar store food items

  1. 2.5 litre Faygo pop
  2. Off-brand potato chips
  3. Wine in a plastic glass
  4. Hot Pockets
  5. Off-brand jar of pickles
  6. Junior Mints
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Dollar store food items

  1. 2.5 litre Faygo pop
  2. Off-brand potato chips
  3. Wine in a plastic glass
  4. Hot Pockets
  5. Off-brand jar of pickles
  6. Junior Mints
  7. Off-brand spices, way past expiration dates