Word: sarcasms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that year Lieutenant John Barker wrote down for his own amusement his keenly critical observations of the famous events at Concords, Lexington, and Bunker Hill, his opinions, often expressed with biting sarcasm, of General Gage, Colonel Smith and Colonel Clark, and his caustic comments on Yankee and British general staffs alike. There by he provided a contemporary historical document of exceedingly great value...
After the biting criticism and scathing sarcasm poured from every corner of America on our defenseless pictures, this flattering attention from the artistically inclined Latins must be like myrrh and frankincense to the harassed directors and producers. With films barred from first one state and then another on account of an actor's misdemeanors or an actress' imprudence, it must be comforting to know that the Brazilians prefer American films because they show "American life", and never fail to point a moral! To the jaded American move-goer, this moralizing is usually the last straw which urges him to demand...
...agencies in control of the enforcement of the Volstead, Act in Democratic Boston would in a measure solve the bootlegging problem in our city. Bootlegging in Boston is a Republican proposition and the odium for its continued existence rests with the dominant party in the State". This is indeed sarcasm. Perhaps Democratic Boston prefers to patronize Republican bootleggers, but to say the least, that is not a very loyal thing to do. The Democratic Party has always been especially noted for its solidarity, and it cannot be believed that Democratic Boston withholds its entire liquor trade from dealers...
...John Darling became a baron. He is 74 years of age and resigned a few weeks ago after 26 years' service as a Judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. He is celebrated for his wit, which very often can turn to biting sarcasm. He is also a poet...
...composition courses have been warned, and one student in the Theological School, who took his degree "summa cum laude", writes on receiving the notice that he hopes to have corrected the errors of his youth, but that his handwriting is still abominable. Hence he indulges in some excusable sarcasm on a typewriter, at the expense of the "Committee on the Use of English by Students". Many men have been warned because of mistakes in grammar reported by some examination corrector in their freshman year...