Word: smugness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Turning to her ignorant classmate, the girl across from me announced, "I'm in your section and we did cover the prisoner's dilemma. You should know the answer." Satisfied that she had caused harm to another, a smug smile appeared on her face as she awaited the grader's reaction. The student, who genuinely did not recall covering the material, merely sat in silent disbelief...
...what does one make of the constantly returning memory of the Holocaust, of the refrain "Never forget! Never again!"? Specifically, what does one make now of the Jewish initiative to reopen the Swiss banks' World War II books in order to recover Jewish money deposited there, in the snug, smug, neutral Alps, as Hitler's apocalypse descended...
Calling the report "whiny, patently self-serving, smug and patronizing," Sears, who said he was speaking only for himself and not as a representative of the clubs, said the report could sour future relations between the College and final clubs...
Stephen Jones, the colorful, self-aggrandizing attorney for Timothy McVeigh, was feeling smug last week. With the Oklahoma City bombing case drawing to within two months of its trial date, he and the government were providing an advance look at their rival strategies. In a conversation with TIME, Jones savored disclosures that he believes will complicate the prosecution. "Our case is in better shape," he said. "Tim and I feel very good about the case...
Huml gives Vlasta and Renata the same smug equivocations, displaying a strong attachment to neither character. But later, Huml attacks his secretary Blanka (Agnes Dunogue '98) in an explosion of sexual frustration. All this culminates in a dream-like scene in which the three women perform a dance around Huml. According to this production of the play, much of Huml's problem lies in his inability to choose a stable life and experience genuine love...