Babbitt is a satiric look both at one man and at an entire society.

It is a sophisticated, satiric look at the American penchant for analysis.

De Vriess gave him a satiric look.

The novel is a satiric look at the daily travails of reporters covering the White House, attempting to squeeze accurate information from presidential representatives.

Stribling takes a satiric look at campus politics, professor tenure and education, and the amount of the students' lack of awareness.

But on another level it is a satiric look at contemporary society, with some savagely pointed crit- icism.

"The News" a satiric look at the world of entertainment.

One of Kosiński's most significant works is Being There (1971), a satiric look at the unreality of America's media culture.

"Desperate Housewives" is instead a glossy night-time soap opera that takes a coy, satiric look at four discontented women in an affluent suburb.

The ending delivers on the novel's basic promise - a satiric look at a city that no longer works-while still catching us off guard.