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   James Dow Allen to All   
   Famous half-siblings   
   11 Aug 25 17:23:07   
   
   XPost: rec.puzzles   
   From: user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   I'm thinking of two men, unrelated to each other.   
   Can you identify them from the clues?   
   (No Googling please; These puzzles may have been posted before.)   
      
   (1) Each of the two men created a famous phrase that might be described   
      as a political prediction.   
   (2) Neither of the two men ever won a Nobel prize.   
   (3) Each of the two men had a half-sibling who *did* win a Nobel Prize.   
      
      
   Hints:   
   Here are the two "political predictions" in an encrypted form:   
      
   **  Betray a sovereign? The newlywed overvalued is.​   
   ​   
   **  Appreciate cure; buffoonery conquer; rhetoric amuses.​   
      
   Cheers,   
   James   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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