Word: snidely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...introduced herself, said: "I have two, and if you can't find one I'll be glad to send you one of mine." And, though the colonel has promised to stick to the issues, she is woman enough to admit that she cannot promise not to be "snide from time to time...
...Cross Ball [April 29]. What you call my frostiness and pique was directed at some of the hundreds of photographers who spoiled the evening for many of us, and certainly not at Mrs. Kennedy, for whom I have admiration and respect. And let me add in refute to your snide and unnecessary remarks that I am delighted to be "upstaged" by Mrs. Kennedy at any time...
Stern Rebuke. Ever since the articles, which are excerpts from his forthcoming book, appeared in LIFE, Schlesinger has been subjected to a barrage of snide cracks and serious criticism. Both have grown in volume rather than diminished, and now cartoonists are having a certain amount of acerbic fun with him (see cuts...
...Following Frank Sinatra's light and witty talk on his life and loves ("Must have had six gag writers," mused Crist), she plunged into an acerbic speech: "Back where I come from, Hollywood is a dirty word." Said an aggrieved 20th Century-Fox publicist: "She is a snide, supercilious, sour bitch. The thing she would hate most would be to be ignored." Said another: "If you want to attract attention, that's the way to do it. She's more Hollywood than Hollywood." Crist was unmoved: "The film companies think they are catering to a twelve-year...
Rome's Mercy. Everything from late trains to overloaded telephone lines is blamed on the foreigners. A Swiss housewife who returns a faulty appliance is likely to be told: "Madame, 'Made in Switzerland' no longer means it's made by Swiss." However snide, the comment is correct: 38% of Swiss industrial labor is now foreign, and it soars to 85% in the Swiss construction industry, 90% in the canning factories. Advertisements of rooms for rent often assert "Swiss only"-or, more precisely, "No Mediterraneans...