Word: smirked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...because it's fashionable but because it's true." Such a reverence "would work a moral revolution deeper and more helpful than all the shallow artistic and political and economic revolts of our panting apostles of progress. It would be a moral revolution against that inner smirk which prefers cleverness to wisdom...
...Immortal Lovers wipes the paraffin smirk off their faces. As in her past performances (lives of Byron, Shelley, Keats, Oscar Wilde, George Sand, et al.), Biographer Winwar makes the facts highly readable. The true love story of the Brownings is just as exciting as the semi-fictional versions of it, and far more warmly human...
...press agents have their way, this will be a memorable week for Cheshire cats, Ipana users, and greeting card manufacturers. The idea is extremely simple; it's called "National Smile Week," and the dreamers at the agency want everyone to go around smiling. "Be a Joy Scout!" they smirk. National Smile Week is backed by a Chicago greeting card company which is selling "smile cards" as its contribution to the spreading of cheer...