Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's clever and acerbic ambassador to the EU, wonders what European values really are.
The acerbic edge of Isabel Bayrakdarian's soprano communicated Blanche's anxiety but wasn't always pretty.
The anecdotes of Jim's gruff criticisms, his searing, acerbic comments on writers' stories, are legion.
The Patrick Melrose novels which are named for their acerbic protagonist, a character modeled on Mr. St.
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Chair David Davies looked thoughtful throughout and let only one acerbic comment cross his lips.
Mr Burleigh discards his academic gown and becomes more his other self, an acerbic columnist.
His acerbic, witty pieces often harked back to the "old England" of his youth.
It was understandable that today's exchanges were acerbic - with Miss Goldie and with Labour's Iain Gray.
So even contemplating an acerbic parting shot at my organisation would be an act of profound self-loathing.
They were both heavyset and inclined toward a projection of light amusement, although hers seemed more acerbic.
Although he is most acerbic about the contemporary-art scene, Mr. Findlay is also unhappy about the museum world.
Cooke described the play as "a witty and acerbic look at the representation of women in the media".
Tina Benko, with a potent mixture of vivacity and brittleness, fearlessly and intelligently performs the acerbic, 90-minute monologue.
It's a problem that the category shares with U.S. REITs ( click here for Jim Grant's acerbic column).
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Yet nowadays lawyers themselves are among the keenest collectors of these acerbic studies.
Lately, curators seem to be highlighting the downbeat, acerbic side of Pop's antics.
In 1994, he challenged the popular, acerbic Democratic governor of Texas, Ann Richards.
His acerbic take on the matter is called the Broken Window Fallacy.
My friends know my acerbic side, but there are all these layers how the public sees you and how friends do.
Like so many comedians on TV, Cummings plays an off-brand version of herself, an acerbic photographer with a live-in boyfriend.
So why has Alex S. Gould of Criterion Research Group in New York put out an acerbic sell recommendation on the stock?
If acerbic comments in the Daily Mail matter to Barclays' non-executives, they will pause for a moment before offering him the post.
Better yet, add two women to the board and you might even avoid becoming the subject of an acerbic Wall Street Journal headline.
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But Mr. Andreotti, who cut an iconic figure with his hunched back and acerbic humor, was also one of Italy's most divisive personalities.
Farooq's most acerbic critics are members of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, an umbrella group of 34 secessionist factions that opposed the elections.
Original concepts don't come along that often and this absurd, acerbic comedy is one of them -- and it almost landed in the trash.
His early cartoons, used to illustrate his books of acerbic whimsy, were James Thurberesque caricatures of humanity elongated figures, often grotesque, usually absurd and ungainly looking.
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Think Adam Smith meets the acerbic judge on television's American Idol.
His acerbic views had made him enemies across the political spectrum.
One was Lloyd Grove, a wry, acerbic writer for the paper's Style section who specialized in lampooning the idiosyncracies and idiocies of politicians of all stripes.
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