Word: mocking
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...breathe the fine air of France!" As he spoke in mock-heroic tones last week, Sayed Diakite, 19, a student from the southern suburbs of Paris, was smiling gleefully, and weeping at the same time. Like hundreds of other young people boxed in by riot police between the Bon Marché department store and the Hotel Lutetia in the heart of the Left Bank, his eyes were running in reaction to pungent tear gas and smoke from a burning newspaper kiosk. Amid the uproar, Diakite and his fellow students felt a budding sense of empowerment. Up to half a million...
...breathe the fine air of France!" As he spoke in mock heroic tones last week, Sayed Diakite, 19, a student from the banlieues south of Paris, was smiling gleefully and weeping at the same time. Like hundreds of other young people boxed in by riot police between the Bon Marché department store and the Hotel Lutetia in the heart of the Left Bank, Diakite was choking in air pungent with tear gas and smoke from a burning newspaper kiosk. Amid the uproar, he and his fellow students felt a budding--and maybe false--sense of empowerment. Could half a million...
Still, the basic procedure remains the same for everyone. First the client articulates what he or she is looking for. After about 10 days, several drawings are produced. Once a design is agreed upon, a mock-up in metal is created with rhinestones and colored glass. The final price and the delay period come with the mock-up. The latter often poses more of a problem than the price...
...within the line if it can’t cross the line…I guess I think more harm has been done by respect in the world than disrespect. FM: Do you think comedians should avoid things like religion? Do you think it’s okay to mock things that some people consider “transcendental” and holy? MANKOFF: That which is put forward without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. I mean, you know, people are building these incredible superstructures, whether it’s Judaism, Christianity, Islam—I was totally taken...
...Hollywood?s) epitome of intelligent hunkitude, Witherspoon was Oscar?s darling, Hollywood?s homecoming queen. She presented one prize, accepted another. She was also the subject of one of the show?s very funny ?attack ads? (voiced by Stewart?s old Daily Showcrony, now cable TV?s favorite mock-scold, Stephen Colbert) against every Actress nominee but good old American Reese...