He was 100 years old. Kissinger’s hayday was during the Nixon and Ford administrations. RIP.
I don't think penultimate means what you think it means. It means next to last.The penultimate Stateman.
‘Henry Kissinger is one of the worst people to ever be a force for good.’
By Nicholas Thompson, editor of newyorker.com and author of The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan and the History of the Cold War
RIP
This must be the mandela effect. (??) or maybe an entire group of my coworkers and I had it wrong for decades.Um, that's not what penultimate means. It means next to last.
One of the most outstanding statesmen and diplomats of our time. Comedian Jackie Mason did a funny impression of Kissinger.
I don't think penultimate means what you think it means. It means next to last.
Intelligent, brilliant Statesman.
RIP
OMG, I forgot about that. One time in the early 90s, my girlfriend’s mom took us to dinner in some obscure, plain, but highly-rated restaurant in Chinatown (NY). She got excited because a celebrity was next to us in this no-name retaurant. I thought it was Kissinger and then she said it was Jackie Mason. LoL, I was young and stupid. I didn’t actually get to talk to Jackie Mason, but I did nod knowingly at him.
Found it: here’s Jackie Mason doing Ted Kennedy and Henry Kissinger:
(No disrepect to Dr. Kissinger; if you are talked about, you are loved)
So much time spent correcting definitions, most did not acknowledge your "contradiction between good and evil". In my younger years I, too, had the highest regard for him based on media coverage. To study about him in hindsight is eye opening. Brilliant people are very complex.The ultimate Statesman , while being a contradiction between good and evil.
‘Henry Kissinger is one of the worst people to ever be a force for good.’
By Nicholas Thompson, editor of newyorker.com and author of The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan and the History of the Cold War
RIP
As an adjective, yes. As a noun, no.The bigger bombshell to me wasn't getting penultimate wrong for decades (I can remember the conversation I first heard the world ) is that I've had Ultimate wrong as well.
Ultimate means last.
adjective
being or happening at the end of a process; final.
"their ultimate aim was to force his resignation"
noun
1.
the best achievable or imaginable of its kind.
"the ultimate in decorative luxury"
Inserted a word. I agree, but an alternative twist would be, MOST brilliant people are often lacking in one or two areas. I have found, for example, many if not most very talented people couldn't bother learning just a couple social graces. And if they do, like Kissinger, some other flaw pops out, or is partially hidden.So much time spent correcting definitions, most did not acknowledge your "contradiction between good and evil". In my younger years I, too, had the highest regard for him based on media coverage. To study about him in hindsight is eye opening. Brilliant people are OFTEN very complex.