Word: mocking
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...Small Sunset, 1972” continues to mock former paradigms of art. What appears to be a beautiful sunset is actually a slice of a large sausage. What looks like the sun’s rays is actually the sausage’s grease. Roth is questioning accepted ideas of beauty by demonstrating that an old sausage can capture the essence of a sunset just as beautifully as paint can. “Birdplate 3, 1966,” which is made out of chocolate eggs and candy, is oddly powerful with its thick texture and frenetic markings...
...addition to a language test, all candidates should be evaluated on their ability to teach a mock section. Even brilliant graduate students can be ineffective teachers, and students should be able to expect that their instructors’ ability has been tested prior to their selection. After being hired, TFs should also receive training so that they can improve their teaching before they ever meet their first student in the classroom. Currently, TFs can attend seminars given at the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, a Faculty of Arts and Sciences-sponsored facility that offers one-on-one training...
...women--to him, the hippopotamic Rosemary looks like Gwyneth Paltrow. This fable, with its Shrek-like conceit, could be the Farrellys' mission statement about their fascination with human eccentricities: retardation in There's Something About Mary, albinism in Me, Myself & Irene, obesity, spinal bifida and vestigial tails here. We mock, they say, because we care. But that doesn't make the film elevating or amusing. Torpor sticks to the actors' feet like gum on a movieplex floor. Will Hal make you laugh? Fat chance...
...with the crisis at hand.” He excoriates Republican proposals for economic stimulus as a ploy to “lock in permanent tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, using the Sept. 11 attacks as an excuse.” And making sure to mock the pre-Sept. 11 agenda for good measure, Krugman offers the baffling claim that Bush’s plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling had little or nothing to do with electricity generation, leaving us to assume that it was motivated by political considerations instead...
...assorted wines, the friends were consumed more by mingling and less by Penns prospects. Its going to be a good game. Edward Barrett said, gesturing wildly at his friends. Dan Belforti cut in with a laugh, So far its a really good tailgate! Raising his wineglass in a mock toast, Patrick Lyons concurred, Id be happy to stay here...