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Ms. McGarr, who teaches at University of Wisconsin-Madison, is often acerbic about her subjects but notes that they were “awash in patriotic fervor at the same time that they were distrustful and cynical.”

As a younger man, Munger could be cranky and acerbic; now, he was warm and reflective.

Yet it’s also, via Hart’s acerbic bon mots, an incisive exploration of two opposing views of art.

In previous administrations, Defense Department officials — including the acerbic Rumsfeld — would hold regular press briefings, often twice a week.

An acerbic news editor, using a tone that might get him into trouble these days, told me to leave the building to use my own eyes and ears, and to talk to people.