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The conservative establishment winced when the Prussian Writers’ Academy chose as its president Heinrich Mann, the elder brother of Thomas Mann, a violent critic of the German bourgeoisie and supporter of the Communist Party.
Two young American students at a Jerusalem Judaic school winced when the Clinton entourage turned their backs on the Wall as they left (you're supposed to back away from it).
"They had a good look at Tom and Nicole and then they shook their heads and kinda winced," reports the Star . "They took over the set and showed how it was really done."
Conservatives are heartened, though a few winced at his boast that Republican ideas are carrying the day--in Mongolia.