Word: sarcasms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with happy sarcasm) "See you at dinner...
...terrorist nation and for its haste in negotiating a deal to return to Tehran Iranian funds that had been frozen in France. The night before their Friday meeting, Chirac, who was visiting Spain, made clear French resentment of what it regards as hypocritical American nagging. Said Chirac, with heavy sarcasm: "France has not negotiated and will not negotiate with terrorist groups and takers of hostages. I don't know what others do, including those who want to teach lessons to everybody else...
...David has a very bewildered sense of humor," Henley adds. "I wouldn't call it wry because that implies a sarcasm that he doesn't have. He laughs really loud at things and then gets embarrassed because he did." Still, getting on Byrne's wavelength takes adjustment. "I didn't put a lot of emphasis on the psychological motivations of the characters, and some actors found that a little troublesome," he admits. Ask John Goodman, whose portrayal of the earnestly romantic Louis Fyne is a memorable one, what he thinks about Byrne, and he will smile and say, "That...
Incumbents' voting records are a popular target for sarcasm. "The character question cuts more deeply than specific issues in a lot of campaigns this year," says Washington Media Consultant Robert Squier. The trend got a big boost from Republican Mitch McConnell's wildly successful "bloodhound" spots for the Kentucky Senate race in 1984. The series of commercials starred jowly hunting dogs in hot pursuit of Democratic Incumbent Walter Huddleston. The dogs searched everywhere for the supposedly lackadaisical Huddleston, in his district office and other places where one would be likely to find an assiduous Senator. In the last spot...
...failure of the whole system if one letter and one human being can close out a constraint that has been concerning you for many years." Rogers asked Russell why he had recommended the closure. "Because I was asked to," Russell answered. "Well," commented Rogers with biting sarcasm, "that explains...