Chris Donald

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After becoming emperor of Andy's room, the former Mr. Head was now a potent potato potentate

Charles Keener

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A president who announces a peace deal to the world has no agency of his own. He is too weak to bring himself to hold Netanyahu to account for rejecting his own plan; a political eunuch, unable to rein in a potentate whose country survives on U.S. political and financial largesse.

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The kings of etymological rings

It is amazing how many words Indo-European languages have for “supreme ruler; potentate.” In English, the main one is king.

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