Word: sarcasms
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...character's satisfaction with his garden, but is also parodying Marvell's The Garden, a rather brilliant piece of allegorical poetry in which Marvell makes his garden the image for intense Platonic contemplation. As one thinks of The Garden, the extent of Sandy's bitterness, the effect of his sarcasm, becomes clear...
...Texans, Kennedy's trembling legs made his trousers flutter, and sweat beaded his upper lip. "I shall continue to vote for Senator Johnson as President, if he's nominated, or as majority leader," he said. Against Kennedy's conciliatory remarks, Lyndon launched into a barrage of sarcasm, and without mentioning Jack's name, bitterly attacked Kennedy's voting record and his Senate absenteeism. Then: "I think, Jack, we Protestants proved in West Virginia that we'll vote for a Catholic. What we want is some of the Catholic states to prove that they...
...soft-answer tone in his own reply to Rockefeller. Since Rockefeller disagrees with some Administration policies, said Nixon at a tense and crowded press conference in Camden, N.J., it is right for him to voice his disagreement publicly. Then he proceeded to kill Rocky with open kindness and veiled sarcasm...
...M.I.T. for training. Most important, it will be used to set up 75 four-year scholarships (average cost: $1,000 a year) for the ablest youngsters O.C.U. can find. Score card to date: 21 scholarships, awarded to high school seniors throughout Oklahoma and Texas. Casting a bit of sarcasm at Oklahoma U.. Oilman McGee said: "We aim to recruit bright students just like Bud Wilkinson recruits that football team...
...floor. At the press of another button, an automatic floor washer and polisher emerged from another cabinet and scurried about like a creature out of science fiction. "Don't you have a machine that puts food in your mouth and pushes it down?" asked Khrushchev with heavy sarcasm. "This is not a rational approach. These are gadgets we will never adopt...