Should note the death of Lawrence Eagleburger, described by the London Times as
a troubleshooting, plain spoken, overweight American diplomat protégé of Henry Kissinger who became a senior adviser to five Presidents and once briefly held the post as US Secretary of State. He was known for his candid advice, his caustic wit, his bulk, his somewhat shambolic appearance and his outspoken opposition to the invasion of Iraq.
In other words, pretty much a diplomat.
But what always appealed to me was that he had 3 sons, and he called them all Lawrence, as he said, partly out of ego, and partly out of a desire to screw up the Social Security system...
(they were distinguished by their differing middle names)
George Foreman did something similar with his offspring - he had something like 9 sons and daughters. The sons all got called George, the girls, Georgina. But Foreman had seen what happens to the brains of aging boxers, and he was determined to make life easy for himself when the damage caught up with him.
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