Word: sardonicism
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United Press service also demands a philosophical disposition, for its low pay scale and tightwad expense accounts are legendary. During a national political convention in Chicago, longtime Bureaus Supervisor L. B. ("Save a Nickel") Mickel cut down on expense accounts so sharply that General News Manager Earl Johnson told his...
*The redhead eventually wound up in Tiflis with a young Russian who, as he later told the court, shot her because he could no longer stand her sardonic laughter.
Brower became vice president in 1940, one of several executive vice presidents in 1946. Along the way, he earned a reputation for the sardonic quip and an analytical approach to problems. Last week, Charlie Brower displayed both qualities. Said he: "Many of the people who wouldn't hire me...
Mr. Farquhar is of course entitled to his opinions about the question of religious interest at Harvard, and his conjectures about how and why the Newsweek article was written are interesting. But if he is concerned to get at the truth about the question, there are better ways than sniping...
The only person in the cast who seemed to have any understanding of the play was Ethan Emery who was marvelously sardonic in a bit of satirical humor with a Mephistopholean laugh, representing Material Goods. Robert Hauert seemed to show possibility in his brief appearance as Strength, but the other...