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...half-decade of immersion in the life of a student, Simone's ties with the union chiefs and members, which she would keep up until her death, seem to have fulfilled an extroverted, folksy side to her character that allowed her to be accepted as a friend and comrade. Snide journalists accused her of class hypocrisy, but her determination to serve rather than self-congratulate convinced the workers of her sincerity...
...strongly resent Robert Hughes' snide remarks concerning the Metropolitan Museum's retrospective show of Andrew Wyeth...
...source of information on a subject. In the less exacting social science and humanities courses, a book selling a certain point of view may color and distort a student's perspective in a field to which he plans to devote his entire life. Despite all the sneers, chuckles and snide remarks from students who discover their professor's books on the list, the books penned by course teachers--whether required or supplemental--always leave empty shelves on the Coop third floor annex before the close of the first week of classes...
...again." Efforts to psych the opposition ran all the way from intentional on-court talking (and even smoking) to giving wrong driving directions to teams headed for a remote court, so that the enemy would be more than 20 minutes late and thus forfeit the match. Off-putting snide remarks, of the sort now openly urged by many books as part of tennis strategy, flourished. ("Are you paired with Sue? You'll never win.") In Class A, where some of the best women tennis players in the city compete, a woman with a reputation for making bad line-ball calls...
...Drakestein (the couple's chateau). German-born Claus, who once served in Hitler's army, has been labeled the "Red Feldwebel" (sergeant) by Conservatives and supporters of Prince Bernhard. At a recent diplomatic banquet in The Hague, Beatrix was overheard scolding a foreign diplomat for his snide remarks about the Soviets' disastrous grain harvest. "Why," she said, "should one always emphasize the Soviet Union's shortcomings...