Word: sneer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first in pencil and then in ink. A stickler for just the right detail, he frequently consults his favorite reference, the Sears, Roebuck catalogue, or poses before a Polaroid Land camera (with a self-tripping shutter) to get the authentic look of a clenched fist, a tyrant's sneer, a trouser seat viewed from the rear...
...sneer at us because we have passed legislation forbidding families with children to live in single-room apartments. We can only conclude, from your snide language, that you think families should be permitted to live in such conditions...
Seven Plays, by Bertolt Brecht. Roguish laughter, a cynic's sneer, tears of compassion, and a lacerated concern with the spectacle of man selling his fellow...
Seven Plays, by Bertolt Brecht. Roguish laughter, a cynic's sneer, tears of compassion, and a lacerated concern with the spectacle of man selling his fellow man keep exciting, if contradictory, company in the works of this remarkable playwright...
Reverses in the Hills. Castro has reason to sneer. For 14 months large groups of rebels have been fighting a desperate battle through the hills of Cuba. It is a battle that Castro is winning. He has poured 60,000 militiamen into the central Escambray hills alone and claims to have captured 80% of the 1,000 rebels operating there. Though the claims are undoubtedly exaggerated, the rebels have been scattered, disorganized and discouraged. Several leaders have been killed, others captured; a few have been smuggled out of Cuba to Miami, where they are trying to reorganize for another attempt...