Word: cynicisms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...without stain. As she is packing to leave, the new tenant moves in. It is a young saxophone player from Minneapolis, a clean-cut young man. He tells her she can share the room with him. She thinks he's an innocent rube, he thinks she's a super-cynic...
...felt and said that Britain was becoming apathetic to European solidarity; the British in turn accused the continental nations of having no understanding of Britain's special pangs and problems. Last week, another working party sat down to try for an operation less painful to Britain. Said one cynic: "Their only hope now is to find a solution that dissatisfies everybody. In that case, you can get agreement...
...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...