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Ich war potentieller cause célèbre, ein casus belli, oder wie all diese schick klingenden Ausdrücke heißen, mit denen die Leitartikelschreiber der Times in Krisenzeiten so bereitwillig um sich werfen. Alles Erdenkliche wurde unternommen, um die Situation zu retten und nichts durchsickern zu lassen.
I was a potential cause celebre, a casus belli and all those other foreign phrases which the leader writers of The Times trot out so readily in moments of crisis, and all attempts were being made to keep the situation potential and to prevent it from becoming actual.
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