Word: smugness
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Lucky Strike: "They insult my intelligence; too smug...
...distinguished historian charged his colleagues "to avoid acts, or associations that will bring our university into difficulties; to observe a decent respect to the opinions of mankind, even when these opinions of mankind, even when these opinions are erroneous and absurd; and above all, to avoid an attitude of smug superiority--the unforgivable sin in a democratic society...
...central redoubt of Dienbienphu has fallen . . ." said he. "In the face of this reverse . . . France will have the virile reaction of a great nation." Without signal, the Deputies of France rose to their feet-all but the many Deputies of the Communist Party (and one ex-Gaullist). In their smug disdain for the dead of Dienbienphu, the Communists who call themselves Frenchmen showed their true colors...
...showing the perfect, almost mathematical harmony into which her lovers, Pierre and Franchise, have built their lives. He is an intellectual actor-producer, she an equally intellectual writer. Around this hard-working pair in 1938-39 swirls the theater life of Paris, popping with misfits, eccentrics, and tough careerists. Smug in her harmony with Pierre, Franchise finds it hard to understand why other people's lives are so full of discord...
...Russians were dumfounded. Molotov finally managed a sickly smile. Shaken, he finished out his proposal. But the air of smug satisfaction was gone...