Word: joking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...current political apathy that many Americans exhibit is disturbing. In other nations, crusaders are fighting for the right to vote. The ideal of free and fair elections is still a cruel joke under many regimes. Yet, Americans frequently take their electoral rights and responsibilities for granted. Even worse, many Americans who are constantly complain about their government do not actually vote. How can those who do not vote expect their criticism to be taken seriously...
...symbolism draws attention to itself through the play's title, but it becomes something of a joke by being pat and trite, like a Victorian maxim. The upstanding Lord Windemere bestows the fan on his chaste wife as a gift, but when jealousy leads her to rendezvous with Lord Darlington late at night, she leaves it lying on his table. She explicitly forgets it, and virtue, in his chambers...
Dorsainvil says the investigation by the Haitian authorities into her parents' murder has been a "joke...
...first we thought it was just some kind of joke," Jay said. "He was shuddering and crying so I thought he was having some kind of psychotic episode...
...finally, the Jews and the State of Israel rank high on the Buchanan list of scapegoats. In 1989, he declared, "To orthodox Catholics, the demand to be more sensitive to Jewish concerns is becoming a joke. Referring to Congress as an "Israeli-occupied territory" and as a Parliament of whores incapable of standing up for U.S. national interests, if AIPAC is on the other end of the line," Buchanan has deservedly been subject to charges of anti-Semitism. Furthermore, Buchanan is known for his hyper-sensitivity to comparisons between him and Hitler--I wonder why. Is it because he referred...