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   Message 32,502 of 32,813   
   Joshua Kreitzer to James Dow Allen   
   Re: Famous half-siblings   
   12 Aug 25 19:08:40   
   
   XPost: rec.puzzles   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 8/11/2025 12:23 PM, James Dow Allen wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.​   
      
   Answering in ROT13 to avoid spoiling things for anyone else.   
      
   I believe that Arivyyr Punzoreynva had a half-brother (on his father's   
   side) who won a Nobel Peace Prize. The prediction being referred to is   
   "crnpr va bhe gvzr" nsgre gur Zhavpu pbasrerapr gung prqrq   
   Pmrpubfybinxvn gb Anmv Treznal.   
      
   I don't know who the other person was, nor have I solved the hints.   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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