1. Larry Ellison is a prime choice for such lampooning because - married, thrice - divorced multimillionaire is larger than life.

2. 23 Larry Ellison is a prime choice for such lampooning because - married, thrice - divorced multimillionaire is larger than life.

3. 13 She appropriated slapstick and hyperbole to the delicious purpose of lampooning the fathead who made her life miserable.

4. It was a mad mongrel of a building, a Victorian folly lampooning the worst taste of several architectural ages.