Mr Foot had a sense of humour and could be a devastating exponent of mockery, but he was above all a polemicist and muck-raker.
Several early 16th-century cast-metal oil lamps are modeled as African heads whose features, especially the mouths grotesquely stretched into wick-holders, convey a sense of mockery.
All of which is a mockery of what we know about our own species.
If we occur to ourselves accurately as resourceful, we may find ourselves in fairly high-stakes or high-risk situations with a sense of plenty that makes a mockery of binaries like upward-versus-downward mobility.
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But in the 1970s, on Burns's watch as Fed chairman, unemployment rose, inflation took off and a growing sense of economic crisis made a mockery of the idea that governments could control the business cycle.
The classic works of Ernst Lubitsch, Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges married witty verbal banter with lowbrow physical slapstick, finding their focus in the battle of the sexes and making a mockery of the puritanical Production Code.
More fundamentally, the presence of so many illegal immigrants makes a mockery of all those who are going through the process of immigrating legally.
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And what is also true is that the presence of so many illegal immigrants makes a mockery of all those who are trying to immigrate legally.
Italy, a founder member of the European Union, has returned to the centre of policy-making after the marginalisation and mockery of the Berlusconi years.
Lichtenstein was already a favorite target of mainstream media, which regularly made a mockery of him in order to preemptively discredit artwork that seemed to make fun of them.
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Hepler has said some interesting things during interviews that were taken out of context and made her the source of ire and mockery, often to the point of people blaming her for the downfall of their beloved series or company.
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It has filed 49 securities lawsuits over the past two years, sometimes at a rate of two or three a week, making a mockery of provisions in the Public Securities Litigation Reform Act that prohibits any entity from serving as a lead plaintiff in more than five cases in a three-year period.
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This is the only economic equation that matters in pension fund provision, and the investment of pension funds in speculative activity such as equity investment, which generates not one penny of new real economic activity in most cases, makes a mockery of this process.
What's more, it is likely that many pub-goers, especially in the rural areas of Scotland, will choose to ignore the ban, making a mockery of the legislation.
Since the whole point of the credits is to cut carbon, double-counting them makes a mockery of the system.
It would promote disrespect for the authority of the federal courts to turn a blind eye to actions that so willfully and blatantly attempted to make a mockery of this justice system.
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But the Bulls not only extended that record but made a mockery of Halifax's championship hopes.
It also leads them to bring legal cases that make a mockery of individual responsibility.
But MSF said the conflict had "made a mockery of the concept of healthcare".
Reasonable laws exist to try to prevent us from making a mockery of marriage.
By then, the Test debutant had hit 59, making a mockery of his first-class average of 9.50.
NYSE's directors has made a mockery of the exchange's claims to be the first line of investor protection.
"This latest bailout makes a mockery of EU state aid rules, " said Ryanair's head of legal affairs, Jim Callaghan.
The way they Judge the show makes a mockery of true Dance Competitions!
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The Campaign To Protect Rural England (CPRE) says the provisions make a mockery of the government's stated commitment to localism.
"The three last governments have lied and have made a mockery of the Greek people with this list, " he said.
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"This is no way constitutes fraud and instead makes a mockery of the whole jury system, in our opinion, " said Rubin.
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