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"Dutch, by Edmund Morris": Some Anagrams

Pro:

Hmm! Cruddy doubters-in.

Tidy bonds murder much.

Odd, humdrum, by cretins.

Dumb touchers' mind dry.

Yum! This crumb, odd nerd.

Anti:

This cruddy, modern bum.

Mud so trendy, dumb, rich.

O my! Crud! This dumb nerd.

Entomb his cruddy drum.

Numb, crude, sordid myth.

Ambiguous:

Best drum on cruddy him. [Cb. note: interpretation depends on whether "him" refers to Morris or Reagan.]

Trendy, dumb, dim chorus. [Cb. note: interpretation depends on whether "chorus" refers to Morris' book or its disapproving reception among historians.]

(With thanks, as always, to the Anagram Genius.)

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