Word: caustically
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This kind of caustic paranoia provides the atmosphere of Pete Davies' The Last Election, in which the government is subsidizing national death and decay. What's really frightening about Davies' 1980s 1984 is that there's no inconceivable, highly organized superplot behind the government funded oppression. His 1984 is formed merely of little pieces of filth from our own culture twisted to their most dangerous extremes...
...three hours we spent with Gorbachev he was alternately soft-spoken and forceful, detached and caustic, critical and cordial. Most impressive was the way he conducted the meeting. Unlike the other Soviet officials with whom we met, he did not make a prepared opening statement. Instead, he began by asking questions. He was well briefed about our group and asked different members why they had taken a particular position, made a certain speech or supported a series of American policies. He seemed interested in learning...
...Exit, however, lies in the raw talent of its actors and the sophisticated directorial influence upon them. These performances smack of professionalism. When Barrera's biting tongue exclaims, "I can't get on without making other people suffer," we believe her. Heck, we cringe at her every caustic outburst...
...stench of sulfur rose from the chimneys, the stench of caustic lyes from the tanneries, and from the slaughterhouses came the stench of congealed blood. People stank of sweat and unwashed clothes; from their mouths came the stench of rotting teeth, from their bellies that of onions, and from their bodies, if they were no longer very young, came the stench of rancid cheese and sour milk and tumorous disease...
Although his confirmation as the 16th Chief Justice of the U.S. was all but certain, William Rehnquist received only grudging approval from the U.S. Senate last week. Democrats castigated his caustic opposition to civil rights programs and questioned his ability to serve as a "symbol of justice" for the nation. Republican Charles Mathias of Maryland objected to Rehnquist's failure in 1972 to withdraw as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from a civil liberties case that he had worked on as an Assistant Attorney General...