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Now, with the recent flood of highly classified leaked documents, mainly on the Ukraine war, Stevenson is seeing the rise of a fourth type: “the showoff who wants to demonstrate his inside knowledge.”

Similarly, Evans says she remembers her encounters a decade ago with Kabukojo, a young, inquisitive male gorilla and her favorite who at the time was “a rowdy teenager, with high energy — a showoff.”

It’s a showoff of a novel, flaunting its erudite mastery of the conventions of Golden Age British mystery fiction in every twist, turn and red herring of its plot.

“I appreciate that Glacier Peak requires work for a view and it makes her quite different than her showoff sister, Mount Baker,” said Matthew Riggen, visitor information and field ranger for the Darrington Ranger District.

Although Belle disdains provincial life — as Jones expertly signals with glance and tone — she’s courted by the egotistical local Gaston, who’s such a showoff that he does calisthenics during conversations.