Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, was once offended beyond endurance by a physician-turned-politician, Rudolf Virchow, and challenged him to a duel.

铁血首相俾斯麦有一次被弃医从政的鲁道夫·菲尔霍气得怒不可遏，问菲尔霍敢不敢决斗。

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In that case, Santa's spending plans would oblige an iron chancellor to raise taxes, or a softer one to borrow more.

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Zero rates, quantitative easing and devaluation greatly mitigated the pain and allowed the "Iron Chancellor" George Osborne to get ahead of the bond markets with pre-emptive austerity.

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Ms. Merkel, Germany's latest Iron Chancellor, has set her face against any of the measures that might stem the tide that is about to engulf the euro.

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