Word: flippant
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...only slightly less rare. Those characteristics immediately distinguished Friedman from the general run of country artists, and his first album raised him a notch higher still. Sold American was a unique montage, mixing outrageous humorous songs with serious, sensitive ballads, plus a number. "Ride 'Em Jewboy," that despite its flippant title is a moving statement of Jewish identity...
...School of Arts and Sciences this fall, 11--or 2 per cent--are black. This figure constitutes a neglible rise in minority enrollment at the graduate school, and lends credence to the notion that its admission policy is still racist. Furthermore, the small number of blacks demonstrates Harvard administrators' flippant attitudes toward their all-too-modest affirmative action plan approved by HEW about one year...
...True to Be Good is very fine Shaw, all the better because it's well-performed. Despite the epigrammatic title, it's less flippant than some of Shaw and definitely worth seeing in the generally excellent production by Canada's Shaw Festival group. At the Loeb through September...
...tremendous sense of humor without being flippant," is one description. Another is: "A typical Wellington, snappy at times but sociable." Oh, well, the British prefer their royals a little naughty, and Lady Jane Wellesley, 22, only daughter of the eighth Duke of Wellington, was seen risking lèese-majesté by shying melons at Prince Charles' head on his recent visit to her parents' Spanish estate. Now Charles, a childhood friend of Jane's, apparently thinks of her as more than just a girl-next-door romance, and so do many of his subjects. When dark...
People are forever telling Siddhartha how clever he is, and this is without a doubt one of his moments of genius. The phrase "great deal" is crucial: "alot" would have been too flippant; no contractions allowed, no "don'ts" and "gimmes" when you're searching for the Truth. But the part about learning from the river is more telling...