From Sayam ( dusk ) onwards, his poems took a perceptible turn towards beauty, love and a pining for the youth , he once ridiculed.

This is precisely the kind of thinking that critics of the American involvement in Vietnam once ridiculed.

By the fifth season, a more mature Andrew has inherited traits that he once ridiculed his mother for having, such as blunt sarcasm.

His assessment of Police Commissioner Howard Safir, whom he once ridiculed?

Its executives once ridiculed the idea of such specialized computers.

Hackers once ridiculed the FBI and secret service by playing Spot the Fed.

As they search for money, moviemakers are taking a second, more respectful look at the outsiders they once ridiculed.

Despite Mr. Bush's present enthusiasm for supply-side tax cuts, he once ridiculed President Reagan on the subject.

Spy magazine is losing its co-editor and co-founder to a publication it once ridiculed.

Mary was a colourful character with a reputation for wit, who once publicly ridiculed the Spanish Ambassador, Count Gondomar.