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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:28, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
Petre P. Carp
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- ... that Romanian politician Petre P. Carp (pictured) attributed his country's unexpected victory in World War I to sheer luck, concluding that "she can do without her statesmen"?
Created/expanded by Dahn (talk). Self nom at 10:00, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
- Reviewed Galaţi steel works, Galaţi shipyard. Dahn (talk) 10:12, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
- ALT 1: ... that, in summer 1917, a plan existed to make septuagenarian Petre P. Carp (pictured) the dictator of German-occupied Romania?
- ALT 2: ... that unpopular Romanian statesman Petre P. Carp (cartoon pictured), who publicly supported the Central Powers, once explained himself as "not a Germanophile, [but] a Russophobe"?
Date and 5x (more like 30x) expansion verified. Offline references accepted on good faith for first hook and half of ALT 1; Romanian-language online references checked for other half of ALT 1 and for ALT 2. Personally, I think ALT 1 featured with the cartoon would be the most striking choice. - Biruitorul Talk 16:23, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks! I for one am okay with your combined version. Therefore:
- ALT 3: ... that, in summer 1917, a plan existed to make septuagenarian Petre P. Carp (cartoon pictured) the dictator of German-occupied Romania? Dahn (talk) 17:44, 21 February 2012 (UTC)