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...part of Thersites, Albert Marre is a sufficiently detestable cynic. Last night, however, much of the pertinence of his comments was lost either through the excess of music, the crowding of his lines by other players, or the distraction of action elsewhere on the stage. If he is the spokesman for the production, and he must be, for he opens and closes the play, he should not be obscured...
Hope Deferred. Canadians, knowing there was a whopping Treasury surplus, had hoped for more, but active resentment was confined to the professional opposition. Most Canadians knew that Abbott's budget, though tough to take, was good for Canada. Few would agree with the Ottawa cynic who cracked: "You have to be blind, over 65 or dead to get anything...
Jimmy Walker, a cynic in such matters, once quizzically asked La Guardia: "Fiorello, what are you in politics for, for love?" The Making of an Insurgent suggests that...
...with the facile cynic that it is the fault of the people themselves is to beg the question...
...optimistic prognostication, the Westminster outfit is still something of an unknown quantity in these parts. In 73 years of Cantab football. Western Maryland and Harvard have never met across a ten table or a football. The cynic of Mr. Peter Arno's cartoon would like to know, along with some other people, why this hoary tradition merits interruption. Actually there are more inter-connections between the two squads than in any ancient ivied rivalry...