Word: scoundrel
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...Athenian poet Onomakritos was expelled from that ancient city for tampering with the oracles of Musaeus. His crime, unlike those of most forgers, had an unintended benefit. Thereafter, whenever a prophecy failed to materialize, the oracle could angrily proclaim that the prediction had been concocted by that forging scoundrel Onomakritos...
...construction of the novel has not helped matters. Ararat is built on the ancient practice of poetic improvisation. Its key character, Rozanov, a Soviet poet and a scoundrel, has mastered the art of making up a story or a poem when presented with a subject by someone in his audience. The theme of Rozanov's current improvisation is-improvisations. He proceeds to spin out tales about other poets who then go on to invent tales of their own. The effect resembles a garishly colored Russian matryoshka: wooden dolls within wooden dolls...
...signs last week that the authority of Bignone's government was rapidly eroding. After an appearance before the three-member commission investigating the conduct of the Falklands war, former President Leopoldo Galtieri was accosted by angry hecklers. Shrieked the mother of a soldier who disappeared in the Falklands: "Scoundrel! You'll pay for it!" Shouted another angry bystander: "May God judge you!" Some 10,000 demonstrators marched peacefully amid cries of "Military traitors to the wall!" and ritual burnings of American and British flags...
...openly at Kimmer's lifestyle. Lee the dirty, ill-spoken, scowling failure babbles with gleeful sarcasm about his imaginary residence in Palm Springs, his love of gold, his familiarity with Hollywood's Bob Hope Drive. But when Kimmer indicates interest in Lee's idea for a Western, the misanthropic scoundrel becomes bell bent on scoring a success in the movie world...
...says initially there is "no point" in talking about Miss Hellman, but nevertheless commences a stream of pointed criticisms. "Scoundrel Time? Listen to the title of the book. My book is called Mrs. Harris. Her book is called Scoundrel Time. I'm called judgmental," she says, laughing. "The whole book is an indictment.... Why doesn't somebody say, `You can't go around calling people scoundrels; that is not the way you deal with history.' And writing a whole book in order to prove that you are the most virtuous person...