Inimitable imitations

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Reviled in some quarters for his outspoken criticism of the people and the state of Israel - his alleged jibes in the Egyptian paper al-Ahram, for example, about "Brooklyn-born" settlers, for whom he apparently feels nothing but hatred and believes deserve to be shot; which is a shame, because they speak very highly of his appearances on Late Review and his books about Hazlitt and Hardy - he has faced the various hazards of his considerable influence and fame with varying degrees of success.

I hope that the reviewer has at least two of these magnificent wonders of nature ready to back up his claim...