Word: sardonicism
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The Politicians. When Konrad Adenauer applied for the post of assistant to the mayor of Cologne 43 years ago, he argued that he ought to get the job because he was no worse than the other candidates. Some of Adenauer's critics today say that the same applies to...
Suggesting those legendary tales involving both an agonizing decision and the guts to see it through, Montserrat is a kind of moral duel between cynicism at its most brutal and idealism at its most impassioned. Both themes suit the stage, neither quite fills it, and Montserrat has been fattened up...
The outburst went far deeper than interservice bickering. Its weight made the shabby machinations and underhanded skulduggery that had preceded it seem inconsequential. The rebels were men with long and distinguished careers, among them some of the Navy's proudest names. In its impassioned power, the revolt brushed aside...
Joseph might conceivably have said. But sardonic Author Hesse, casting himself as the historian of the future, is not interested in making the history of the present as plain as all that. He leaves the reader to guess just what did happen to Joseph.
No Panic. By & large, the U.S. accepted the fact with grim concern, but with no panic. In Congress an irresponsible few talked nervously of the desirability of moving some Government agencies out of Washington. A few resurgent isolationists seized on it as a reason for scuttling all international programs from...