Word: sarcasms
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...days Herzen prayed for the hopes of revolution-and yet, in Paris, he was dismayed when the revolution of 1848 degenerated, with soldiers of a republic shooting down its own citizens. With almost lyrical sarcasm ("Long live chaos and destruction! Vive la mortl") he recorded his disillusionment. But as far as his own Russia was concerned, he was convinced that its sturdy peasants would survive both their imperial oppressors and their would-be liberators...
...exceptional young fellow announced himself as a baritone, and proceeded to sing Verdi's Celeste Aïda, one of the most famed arias for high tenor. Said Gutman with mild sarcasm: "Since you are a baritone, perhaps you would like to offer something from the baritone repertoire." "I have nothing from the baritone repertoire," the singer said. "I only started singing two weeks...
...definitely painted by Fra Angelico, represent Fra Angelico at his strongest and purest. To portray The Mocking of Christ, he painted a regal, blindfolded Christ figure crowned with thorns; the throng of jeering soldiery appear only as a group of disembodied hands and a loutish head, cap raised in sarcasm, spitting upon Christ. By abstracting all but the essential central image, Fra Angelico makes the eye travel through a curve of space to return endlessly to its starting point-the perfect movement theologians ascribe to the contemplative soul...
...against mediocrity. After all, mediocrity is the common denominator of human beings; what can they do about it? But on reading your article on Julie Harris, I have to deeply admire your humbleness in front of greatness. In describing Miss Harris' human weaknesses, you don't use sarcasm; instead, you write about them with a sort of, shall we say, reluctant reverence...
...Yost used to say. "You build it day by day." It is another Yost dictum that Oosterbaan follows by keeping players relaxed and happy. (As a sophomore, he himself was once kicked off the squad for "lassitude" by an assistant coach, but Yost got him back.) He never uses sarcasm to goad a player, never loses his temper, almost never makes dressing-room pep speeches...