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It's ironic that we place so much value on a dollar bill, and yet we often minimize where true value is found.

The religious speak of morals, and yet isn't it ironic that they need guidelines on how to be a morally upright citizen from a book?

But, like Fernandez, Ojeda's commitment to her family has the ironic consequence that she's not able to spend as much time with them.

The point is that his political opponents and many in the financial markets did not believe him and used "green shoots" as an ironic taunt.

I wondered if he was being ironic but his friend agreed with him, giving the sort of sigh that acknowledges a self-evident truth.

Everything is ironic to me. There are moments I find hysterical, but I'm probably the only one who would find that, except for a few people.

One of the most ironic aspects of our putative "Age of Obama" is how little impact it has had on the nation's urban geography.

It's ironic that this country which has such a traditional culture and superior qualities in culture now has reduced itself to this.

It's ironic that just as the world is appreciating the strengths of China's education system, Chinese are waking up to its weaknesses.

sounded at once like an ironic comment on celebrity excesses and a straight bit of autobiography.

Would be ironic if it was hit by space debris and destroyed because of their anti-satellite weapon test a while back. I would laugh.

The novel "The Heart of a Dog" was the peak of his most representative works in Bulgakov's absurd and ironic ones in 1920s.

The charmingly ironic point of vast reading, at least as I have come to understand it, is to distrust much of one's education.

He sounded as if he was being a little ironic, but maybe it was being just the tone of voice and the choice of words.

I'm looking for someone to illustrate a food label with a classical old style cute and ironic drawing of a girl and a wolf.

The title of Robert Stone's new collection of stories, "Fun With Problems, " is clearly meant to be read in an ironic sort of way.

Isn't it just a little ironic to see a group of pro-lifers throwing eggs at an abortion clinic?

Only the ironic voice insisted yet once more that he rise from that filthy floor if he did not want to become like all the other niggers.

He would find it ironic that I see him as a mentor as, after working with him, I quit law.

And I hate to be so ironic and sarcastic about it but it's the truth.

It does strike me as amusing and ironic that the key to saving my hide was the fact of my certain death . Life is so poetic at times .

Was its plain (but not plain enough to be minimalist) quality an ironic joke, a pastiche of a standard room in a standard hotel?

It is ironic that as China's economy keeps growing, the degrees produced by its colleges seem to be rapidly losing their value.

And I thought, not for the first or last time, that it was sad and ironic that the primary victims of black rage were blacks themselves.

With a sharp eye for the ironic and the bizarre, she describes the intrigues, the insults and the betrayals of her characters.

It's ironic that today everybody knows her for her beauty, but it was her intelligence that was most important asset she had.

Ironic, isn't it, that she stepped in when your parents were too busy working and now you're too busy working to give her the time of day?

madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker; it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely.

It is surprising and somewhat ironic that Kohl and Mitterrand achieved one of the greatest feats in the history of money.

An open Manifesto emerging from a closed process is at least mildly ironic.

Gothic subculture is a way of speaking, a mode to counter-thinking and a ironic sound that shows its laughing at the sorrow in this world.

The intention of this thesis is to analyze the ironic art special features of Besieged Fortress by the irony theory of the new criticism.

It would be ironic if this misdirected measure had the effect of summoning up the very wolf pack it sought to deter.

My five letters are still on the way. I thought that this was completely ironic -- a bottomless black humor .

It is not even bubblegum enough to be enjoyable on an ironic level.

A guy from the Philippines, birthplace of the dread Love Bug virus, wrote, "It is quite ironic that I got a worm from you. "

The ironic consciousness came from his review of Chinese modern culture and his telepathy to the ideas of modern human beings.

Many have noted how ironic it is that search giant Google has not been able to get search right in its own Android Market.

Mr Smith conceded that "this hearing must strike some as ironic, given our own anti-trust history" .

Which I thought both kind of creative|and ironic. You know what I mean?

The ironic part is that they probably think they are communicating with you but on some level you just feel that you weren't heard at all.

It's quite ironic that in life, the person that brings out the best in you and makes you strong is actually your weakness.

Monday: Flew from Chicago to Silly Valley on Southwest to meet with West Coast clients (ironic timing, in light of this article).

It's ironic that in a country as populous as China, a meme about loneliness would be so popular.

It would be ironic, even tragic, if this were the outcome of an action justified on humanitarian grounds.

I suppose it's too much to hope that the factory managers explain the ironic name on the packaging.

Blighted and battered, but still responsive and still ironic , his face was like a lighted lantern patched with paper.

He faced his coming end with an ironic embrace of its inevitability, and an amazing clarity about how he wanted to die.

Ironic then that his efforts have pushed talented NBA scorers out of their comfort zones to his home turf.

In an ironic twist, China has done particularly well by taking advantage of the West's refusal to deal with "rogue states. "

And how ironic that what lets the Surface down is supposedly Microsoft's specialty: software.

But profiling is not always practical - sometimes for ironic reasons.

It would be ironic if that is the sort of expertise that the world wide web is creating.

And you inundate me with me with ironic, evil advice.

It is thus ironic that the single greatest risk to gold at the moment is probably a Romney victory in next week's presidential elections.

Ironic, given that there's no computer in his home office--Patterson writes all his novels in longhand.

How ironic that the Saudi government is trying to do the same thing in reverse.

In this respect, the Enron scandal of January 2002 can be interpreted as an ironic commentary on the notion of a risk society.

His death gave an ironic twist to the story, eg because he died before he could enjoy the money he had stolen.

So it strikes me that filing the Etruscans under 'Roman' is not just ironic. It's rather disrespectful.

It is ironic that the first target should be the simple wooden chopsticks on which the nation's householders and cheap restaurants rely.

The same "ironic errors, " as Dr. Wegner calls them, are just easy to evoke in the real world.

One week had past since I arrived. Nothing changed but something changed. I got culture shock with my own culture. It's very ironic, i know.

Ironic because, when we look back at those men, they were quite a bit softer and less physically imposing than we think!

It would be ironic if China ultimately adopted novel policies while western countries emulated Qing or Republican China.

How ironic that, as a result of labor protections, female labor force participation rates are systematically lower in Europe.

With a tilt of the head and an ironic smile he could give a friendly tease or a devastating "Come off it. "

The use of a word or phrase in a sense contrary to its normal meaning for ironic or humorous effect, as in a mere babe of40years.

The use of a word or phrase in a sense contrary to its normal meaning for ironic or humorous effect, as in a mere babe of40 years.

'This just sounds so ironic now, ' said the former employee.

I piped up: how about "in the future" , and then, putting on an ironic voice, suggested "or going forward, as it is now known? "

It was ironic that for someone who lived in the glare of publicity, the death should have taken place in such shadowy circumstances.

Across town, the name of a local hospital now seems bitterly ironic.

So it's ironic that now they're trying to protect their own turf.

It's ironic that even then, Microsoft had the perfect interface for video-on-demand: its own CD-ROM-based movie encyclopedia, Cinemania.

However, it seems rather ironic to present people separated from each other by the spider web when they attempt to communicate.

And it was, it was ironic that I had to be so upset in the scene, and it was so traumatizing , and that was going on, too.

This was his creation, of which the charming, ironic, self-deprecating man audiences saw onstage was but a walking shadow.

It is ironic that Brazil is filing more anti-dumping suits against China just as China is increasing its investments in Brazil.

For one I thought it was very creative and ironic since one of the most noticed of Warhol's art is the one of the Campbell soup cans.

It is ironic to me that China is sometimes still called a "developing" country.

"Even the Christmas tree in Turkish homes is no longer the ironic statement it once was. "

As was said above, it is ironic that these reserves cannot be of much help in a widespread food shortage situation.

dry humor; an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely; an ironic novel; an ironical smile; with a wry Scottish wit.

"Men are very happy to say: " It is ironic that, I work for the Four Seasons Hotel.

Of course, the influx of nimble new competitors also makes the timing of the antitrust investigations seem a little ironic.

And in this ironic principle, which appears to govern so much of our lives, I find delight.

are ironic : the choice made little or no difference at all, the speaker's protestations to the contrary.

Despite this, DuPont is proclaimed as a great technological and innovative company, which really is ironic.

It's ironic, then, that there are more vehicles registered in the United States than there are licensed drivers.

At the early stage of Requirements Definition, brainstorming assumes a somewhat ironic purpose .

with ironic humour she foils interactions between men and women by a natural world that serves as a powerful mysterious backdrop.

That'd be a little ironic, that cold soup would be named after hot springs.

In chapter I , we make comparisons between the two novels from the angles of narrative structure, narrator and ironic narration.

The cold narration reveals the authors subjective preference , resulting in an ironic artistic effect.

In an ironic twist, BugMeNot. com got publicity simply because they tried to shut it down in 2004.

That may sound ironic on a supported record attempt, but many of my best friends from previous AT hikes will help me on this adventure.

It would be ironic if it also encouraged the Chinese state to loosen up.

Two years after 1915, it was sold to 100 dollars, and to kill for food, and leather ! Really a bit ironic.

Of course, the title's partly ironic; these images aren't likely to put one at ease.

If the length of time this took is ironic, however, the 40-plus years that elapsed before the achievement was acknowledged are even more so.

Savant describes her childhood, the first half of her life in fact, at a kind of ironic distance.

In China, the shirts were seen not so much as a protest against Obama as they were a hip and ironic joke.

In an ironic twist, new research shows that the brain's pleasure center may be to blame.

Others found it ironic that on dates that violence would erupt in Bolivia, that Morales would be nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Elizabeth's ironic derision, will be those who are regarded gentleman, the aristocratic ladies undoubtedly exposed the truth.

That name, however, now seems quite ironic. Because all of the fun in the recent spate of papers is in the instruments themselves.

"How ironic, isn't it? " the mother said. "We come here to get away from flood waters, and he nearly drowns in the river. "

an ironic statement considering the fact that it is a weapon causing excessive bleeding.

It would be ironic if next year, the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification, became the League's annus mirabilis.

It's somewhat ironic now that these same methodologies condoned by Western governments now get used against the same governments.

Ironic indeed. . . because one who tries to look innocent is already not so innocent!

It's ironic that they do uphold the law and moral standards, most of the time with rigor far exceeding our efforts in this case.

It would be ironic if, in the process, it is creating its own eventual crisis.

The importunate memory was kept before her by its ironic contrast to her present situation.

are synthesized making ironic nitrate, manganese nitrate, copper nitrate, zinc nitrate react with urea respectively.

NARRATOR: How ironic. To have something I tried so desperately to keep secret, treated so casually.

Their innovation of installing power sockets and USB ports onto every seat in the aircraft will be an ironic progression to obsolescence .

'My hunch is that having all this "don't do this" information out there may have ironic consequences. '

Alcoholism is a sensitive subject, and he treads carefully the ironic line between tragedy and comedy.

No amount of roundhouse kicks, pratfalls, or cleverly humorous and ironic dialogue clips will truly entertain someone.

However, as ironic as it might sound, perfectionism at its extreme prevents us from being our best .

Ok, who wants to hear something ironic?

Madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker.

Dan Wegner, a psychologist at Harvard, refers to the failure as an "ironic" mental process.

The American connection to the chopstick trade is something local economic development council head Garriga finds ironic.

It is ironic that the biggest debtor of the world (USA) is also the safest place to put your money.

This was the famous and ironic motto of French diplomats of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Seemingly aimed at the current Iraq war, it is ironic then that it turns a film about propaganda into propaganda itself.

The results showed that subjects of negative hints group performed ironic effects of self control in high mental pressure context.

Never sinking into melodrama, the story is buoyed by ironic twists, Swinton's considerable acting ability, and evocative cinematography.

The Ironic Dimensions of the Criticism of Crisis in Jurisprudential "Modernized Model"

It's kind of ironic for Paul to say this because what had he actually done?

Perhaps the most ironic aspect of the struggle for survival is how easily organisms can be harmed by that which they desire.

Whatever kind of souvenir you need, from useful to ironic, you'll find what you are looking for here.

This is having a hard season, not just the sun glare, but his back, how ironic, I have back, I should not be a ghost?

Is to use black humor , the traditional forces in society, designed ironic dig at capabilities.

How ironic. To have something I tried to desperately to keep secret treated so causally .

It's ironic that while we laugh at others' yesterday's fashion, we forget that others are likely to laugh at ours today.

It was kind of ironic at the party; the richest 1% of the guests took 42% of the cake. That was kind of interesting.

It is ironic that a teacher faces years of intense training, while parents receive no training in what is a crucial responsibility.

His response was to change it from an ironic statement to a statement about irony itself: "Don't Take the Hint. "

Ironic indeed that pagan Rome here would have this longstanding influence upon Christianity.

The ironic thing is, the person who gave us the pie sincerely thought they were doing something nice!

It is ironic that it is just this prowess that has enabled other countries to prosper and in turn to threaten our industrial leadership.

That would be a hell of an ironic way to get into Mexico.

Many of his comments contain this potent, ironic mixture of the serious and the silly.

By turns picaresque and ironic, it's a revealing portrait of Norwegian preoccupations and insecurities.

The ironic narration in Canghuang strengthens its artistic tension and realistic critical spirit of officialdom narration.

Some of the recollections are faintly ironic or gloating.

Often viewed as ironic and detached, Gen X workers are not the most obvious leaders.

Seventeen-word Poem is an ironic, humorous poem form which could be traced in the Song Dynasty in the Chinese culture history.

Hasbro, the makers of the real "Monopoly" , cannot afford to be as ironic.

He reflects the social reality under colonial domination through ironic technique.

It is ironic that in troubled times a revaluation of the " barbarous relic" could save the Fed from insolvency.

Austen's chief weapon was her ironic wit, which she honed to a razor-sharp edge as her career progressed.

Using computer software to mix his images, Mr Rana creates works that are both ironic and disturbing.

Oddly enough, this rough soup was very satisfying not to mention ironic after a huge dish of risotto at VC, above. . .

Bear experts say more conflicts are an ironic outcome of the steady recovery of the species.

This is somewhat ironic as, in the early days of XML, its proponents took great delight in proclaiming the simplicity of XML over SGML.

The fate of his ideas in Britain was hardly less ironic.

How ironic, the secret that I tried so hard to keep secret was caught by them so easily.

which is ironic for a drug that was originally used to treat migraines.

You Know The Guy With The Ironic Mustache?

This is of course ironic because planning for the project to live as long as possible truncated its life.

Which of course is ironic, given what happens when this mindset is applied: growth. Learning.

It's ironic that most companies are afraid to trust their consumers but expect their customers to trust them.

Small emboli organization bending over backward HaoYiELao but, often be simple things complicated, ironic.

The ironic effect will be another hike in salaries, which is a fixed cost, which rather makes a nonsense of the idea of pay for performance.

This is so ironic because virgins are the ones with strength and self-control to resist sexual temptation.

But the ironic wink comes to a halt with the whiskey, which is serious: vibrant with the evanescent slap of corn.

Dr Gerald Weissmann, Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal, in which the research appears, called the findings 'ironic. '

"I was a loyal citizen, " he says with an ironic smile.

Can we. . . Can we at least acknowledge how ironic this conversation is?

His words are never acrid, ironic, sarcastic, bitter, caustic or penetrating.

Since then, his ironic voldemort experience formal pulled open heavy curtain.

Some Lib Dem suffering is painfully ironic: they are attacked now as unprincipled rogues saying anything to get ahead.

In fact is traffic tools, add some practical equipment of course, but once too surprising, then can let how ironic.

It's ironic that Cheney, a proponent of the unitary executive, drove this trend.

'It is ironic that they would put up a marble plaque, ' he says, 'then kick us out. '

You want to know something ironic? I volunteered for this assignment.

This is ironic, because if potential users can't get your software to work easily or at all, you've lost them.

Tata doesn't see it that way, calling complaints about the potential environmental impact of widespread Nano adoption "somewhat ironic. "

Uh, in an ironic though not totally unexpected twist, Nate got the one I wanted. I'm sorry.

Bauby, who died two days after his book was published, was French, and his ironic humour never deserted him.

Mr Grossman's imagination is secular, worldly, self-questioning and ironic.

In the meantime, the red sun of the Group of changes in equity complex, more ironic way.

In this poem, the poet describes Death with some ironic tone, and creates a weak and unpleasant image of Death.

How ironic, then, if instead of leaving London for Zurich, hedge fund managers take themselves off to New York.

So it may seem ironic that's he's also investing so much time and money to save books.

What's ironic about this is that more government involvement in markets is generally seen in the West as having a tempering effect.

And it's ironic to be back in the game.

If Athar's story is deeply ironic, it also speaks volumes about the lives of ordinary and decent Pakistanis today.

We talk about it in ironic terms with little quotes around it: "Progress. "

But then the ironic thing is that baseball is not much of a global sport. Perhaps a better example is soccer.

It is ironic that extreme differentiation results in commoditization.

After travelling, I realise there are a million things to do. . . isnt it ironic?

The unfaithful love is right instead, and the faithful love is not. Isn't it ironic?

This ironic monitoring process can actually create the mental contents for which it is searching.

The most ironic sentence: People's Liberation Army came, Leighton Stuart walked.

Hear, divorce card than marriage certificate to bright-coloured, isn't it ironic.

The ironic part is, Word needs master documents, since it cannot reliably handle documents longer than about 40 pages.

The hard line is ironic in a country run by a film buff.

What rhetoric devices does the author employ to achieve ironic effects?

Until a chemical antidote is found, the researchers have some ironic advice: keep sunlight away from van Gogh's sunflowers.

It might seem ironic to invoke Marx's analysis of capitalism to answer this question.

What's ironic is that back in the 1990's China began spurring higher education through large-scale subsidization.

The novel is an ironic rewrite of "pursuit'under the modem background. "

It's ironic that Korman had her father and her children dance to this classic gay anthem.

Skip, the bartender made the sour planters' punch with exaggerated, ironic care.

This hypothesis is consistent with another psychological theory called the "ironic process model. "

THE new conference has gained a title: "Under the Volcano" (an ironic homage to the Malcolm Lowry novel).

Which is ironic to say the least.

There have deep interrelations between ironic spirit of Chae Mansik's novel and traditional comical aesthetics of Korean literature.

Scientists say the messages have an 'ironic effect' on smokers that increases their craving for tobacco.

The poem has two recognized interpretations; one is a more literal interpretation, while the other is more ironic.

Each story had an ironic twist, or a solved-mystery, or a dramatic end.

be especially ironic. eg. His last words was especially ironic.

However, Paixie will not even ironic songs, joined the vulgar jokes and trendy.

Isn't it ironic that George W. Bush, a former alcoholic, became president?

A little too ironic. . . and yeah I really do think.

It is ironic that I once was so embarassed by my old-fashioned mother, yet later on I started to wear [the samfu] myself.

with ironic temptation, I do not see its entrance.

"It is very ironic parents and students spend so much time and money learning something they don't use, " the netizen said.

Ultimately this is a question for a lawyer, or an eloquence of lawyers (yes it is ironic, apparently).

How ironic that he should have been invited to play for the England team on the very day that he broke his leg.

It is ironic, then, that Greece was in the vanguard of resistance to the Nazis, too.

For once, the ironic twists of history may turn in the favour of public health.

Life is too ironic, it takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence and absence to value presence.

Sarcasm n. A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound.

This is especially ironic because researchers report that satisfaction thrives on challenge.

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.

Life sometimes, always is ironic. A turn round is probably.

We are decent, ironic, cosmopolitan people horrified by the Loughners of the world, are we not?

How ironic that while your computer is working harder, you're not.

The Don paused and gave the undertaker a polite, ironic smile.

RC: Please tell me it's actually filled with cute fuzzy bunnies and they just named it that to be ironic.

He is expert in reflecting social reality and author's intension by using ironic technique.

The global financial crisis has thus taken an ironic turn.

"Isn't it ironic? " wrote the online critic Zhou Shuguang.

That is ironic, given Westerners' ill-informed prejudice that they lead in recognizing and giving scope to women's rights and talents.

How ironic it is for someone like me who read false advertisement of Bank of China almost daily!

Now again, I want you to know how ironic this is, because this is in old traditional culture, hierarchical culture.

In his composition, we can feel the young writer have a visionary heart as well as something is ironic to the political system.

Dirk: That day was kind of ironic that we were really together and we had our jersies up together.

It is ironic that China is joining in the global private equity boom in order to divert capital from its bubbly stock market.

This is an ironic outcome for Mr Kan's Democratic party, which came to power promising better relations.

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This is not a bit funny, a bit ironic?

This is rather an ironic situation; most businesses allow HTTP because it is believed to be a "safe" protocol for accessing web content.