Foreign News: Heil

Explained a tardy young typist when called on the carpet in one of Oslo's vast Nazi bureaus: "I cannot do without coffee." Snapped her Hitler-worshipping boss: "Henceforth, come five minutes early, repeat until opening time 'I can do without coffee. Heil Hitler.'" Chanted the typist dutifully each morning: "I can do without Hitler. Heil coffee."

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