farce, PR disaster, witticism, interlude

Hermann Goering, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Albert Speer, Walther Frank, Julius Streicher and Robert Ley did pass under my inspection and interrogation in 1945 but they only proved that National Socialism was a gangster interlude at a rather low order of mental capacity and with a surprisingly high incidence of alcoholism.
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Overnighter

Alpine Interlude 80 Minutes From Munich

By RUSS JUSKALIAN

Just a bit over an hour by train from Munich, the German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a wonderful spot to spend a few days exploring the wintry beauty of the Bavarian Alps.

Hermann Goering, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Albert Speer, Walther Frank, Julius Streicher and Robert Ley did pass under my inspection and interrogation in 1945 but they only proved that National Socialism was a gangster interlude at a rather low order of mental capacity and with a surprisingly high incidence of alcoholism. LESS
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 Taiwan and China: a musical interlude
Financial Times (blog)
Worrying about TV talent contests might seem petty, but it taps into growing concerns in Taiwan about whether mainland China has begun influencing the island's culture and civil society. Thousands turned out in Taipei earlier this year to protest the ...

 

Zimbabwe Challenger Calls Vote a ‘Farce’

By LYDIA POLGREEN

Morgan Tsvangirai, above, the challenger to President Robert Mugabe, said that the country’s presidential election was “illegitimate” and called for an investigation.

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China anger at Liu Nobel 'farce'

China describes the awarding of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as a "political farce".

• China's Peace Prize PR disaster

interlude

Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəl(j)uːd/

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noun

• 1an intervening period of time; an interval:enjoying a lunchtime interlude
• a pause between the acts of a play.

• 2 a thing occurring or done during an interval.
• something performed during a theatre interval:an orchestral interlude
• a piece of music played between other pieces or between the verses of a hymn: short instrumental interludes between songs
• a temporary amusement or diversion that contrasts with what goes before or after:the romantic interlude palled rapidly once he was back in town

Origin:

Middle English (originally denoting a light dramatic entertainment): from medieval Latin interludium, from inter- 'between' + ludus 'play'

 名]

1 合間, 幕間(まくあい)；（2つの事件の）間の出来事, エピソード.

2 幕間狂言；（幕間狂言から発生した）初期英国喜劇；（一般に）幕間演芸, 幕間の余興.

3 間奏, 間奏曲.

farce

(färs)
n.

1. 1. A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.
   2. The branch of literature constituting such works.
   3. The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works.
2. A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery: The fixed election was a farce.
3. A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.

tr.v., farced, farc·ing, farc·es.

1. To pad (a speech, for example) with jokes or witticisms.
2. To stuff, as for roasting.

[Middle English farse, stuffing, from Old French farce, stuffing, interpolation, interlude, from Vulgar Latin *farsa, from feminine of farsus, variant of fartus, past participle of farcīre, to stuff.]

witticism[wit・ti・cism]

• 発音記号[wítəsìzm]

[名]警句, 名言, しゃれ.

witticism	(noun) A remark or expression characterized by cleverness in perception and choice of words.
Synonyms:	humor
Usage:	They received his witticism with a piercing shriek of laughter.