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Tom Lehrer, an acerbic songwriter and Harvard-trained mathematician who rose to fame in the 1950s and ’60s by pillorying the sensibilities of the day, has died at age 97.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2025

Yet Americans have had an enduring love-hate relationship with science, making heroes out of Thomas Edison while enjoying the public pillorying of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2023

Straight after his annual Remembrance Day pillorying, James McClean could find himself in the spotlight on Thursday, when the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland meet for a friendly in Dublin.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2018

This week, Ms. Argento was the target of a broad and savage public pillorying on the front pages of virtually every newspaper in the country.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2018

The newspapers must from day to day follow the production of the most important factories and other enterprises, registering their successes and failures encouraging some and pillorying others….

From Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich