Word: causticity
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Publications editor Sean Withro, who had expressed interest in overseeing the lucrative Careers franchise, was the third man to join the group and, next to Stevens, became the most controversial. Loftin, the least caustic of the five men, said, "If anybody's independent, Sean's super independent. In our situation he's not the easiest guy to work with...
Galbraith. in a humorous but caustic speech. emphasized the very small number of Americans now supporting the war. including "the Pentagon and its servants and sycophants in Congressional committee chairmanships...
...hours of frank talk in Spanish, which Rockefeller speaks well. While the members of his task force, armed with tape recorders, fanned out to talk with local counterparts in fields as diverse as exports and hospitals, the Governor huddled in secret with antigovernment students. It was a caustic session. The students told Rocky that they had no use for their government or for the U.S. More meetings and a reception; then, less than 36 hours after he had arrived, Rocky was off at 5 a.m., headed for Haiti-and more of the same. What did the Governor think of Argentina...
...readers, who reacted with anger or admiration or a blend of both. When he died last week in Tucson at the age of 74, Pegler had long been in eclipse. Only a handful of newspapers bothered to remark editorially on his passing-the ultimate slight to a journalist whose caustic style enlivened his times...
...state, the corruption of his elders, the brevity of his mother's love, Ophelia's frail readiness to be her father's pawn-all these nauseate him. Yet his antic disposition never leaves him, and a Hamlet has never been presented with so much caustic wit. With this performance, Nicol Williamson makes all previous Hamlets fade...