Word: sardonicism
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It is equally hard to understand Ford's owlish performance as Sabich. He is supposed to be a smart, aggressive lawyer, tops at his trade. But Ford is mostly dull and inward looking, at best cranky where he should be vigorous and resourceful. There are some excellent things in Presumed...
It sometimes seems to a Palestinian in Israel as if he and his family had been killed in an accident and now live on as ghosts in the same house. Another family, Jewish, has moved in. The ghosts observe the new tenants with sardonic commentary. The new tenants watch the...
"She has the most dazzling sardonic wit. Shecan see the irony in almost anything," saysProfessor of History OIwen Hufton, chair of theCommittee on Degrees in Women's Studies andRobertson's thesis advisor.
Did any Peninsula editor read the article on page 13 and realize that Massachusetts doesn't have centralized economic planning? Is this some kind of hidden IQ test? Do McLaughlin and McDonald really think that the piece by Bridget L. Kerrigan '92 is on par with George Orwell? Do they...
THE COCKTAIL HOUR. Nancy Marchand's sozzled, sardonic portrayal of a grande dame enriches A.R. Gurney's Wasp family tale at Washington's Kennedy Center.