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“Cole Porter said it best. ‘You’re the top, you’re Mussolini. You’re the top, “you‘re a dry martini.’” === An honest man is always called a cynic. You think that the liberation will be like the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace? It won’t be. It will be murderers and grave robbers, a parade of the lowest forms of humanity. You deal with them or end up with your pants down. === A German name was not unusual: ten percent of the Argentine population was German and ten percent was Italian. They accounted for Argentina’s sympathies during the war. === “Where do you fit in?” Cenzo asked. “Oh, I’m just a middleman. I merely address the need.” “That’s very Swiss of you.” === As I was saying, everybody compromises. At times like these, there is nothing ignoble about survival.