Word: unctuous
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...nodding, signaling. In the signing of the Lateran Treaty, Cardinal Gasparri has pen in hand, treaty before him. With a stout finger he points-here; a prelate points-there; he points back - here; and signs. The Shepherd of the Seven Hills is accompanied throughout with choir-singing and the unctuous voice of Radio Narrator Basil Ruysdael...
...difficult, almost impossible, for him to work in conjunction with others to the extent necessary to make part of a party organization. ... As we ... note his petty meannesses, his malice toward all of his associates, his claims to ill-treatment at the hands of all his contemporaries, his unctuous self-righteousness, his constant imputation of the worst of motives and conduct, we are moved to something like active dislike of the man. But . . . spotless probity . . . robust Americanism . . . fearless patriotism . . . high statesmanship...
What measures of Disarmament Britain was willing to undertake were put forward by suave Sir John Simon in a long and unctuous speech in which were embedded two plums: the abolition of poison gas and the submarine. Looking directly at the French delegates Sir John added: "That the peace of the world is to be secured by preparing for war, is no longer believed by anybody, for recent history manifestly disproves...
...price of securities quoted in pounds. Once this law of nature was tested and found to be working properly, London 'Change was opened with a boom. Government bonds were firm, industrials soared, British bankers relaxed and grew self-righteous. "There can be just as much integrity," ran an unctuous phrase heard often in the City last week, "there can be just as much integrity in a pound worth $4 as in a pound worth $4.86." British tourists fussed and fumed as they landed at Manhattan, were offered as low as $3 for a pound by exchange offices...
...deductions. In one detail, however, the author's cocky memory tricked him. He refers to "a legend that a Mr. Astor, a cattle merchant, fed his stock great quantities of water just before he drove them to market. . . . His 'watered stock' made him rich." The trickster was the late unctuous, sniveling Daniel Drew, the cattle-watering one of the simplest and earliest of his many business rogueries...