There, she either wrote or rewrote her major novels, which combine witty insights into human nature and family life with sometimes acerbic social criticism and satire.

"So be it," he wrote in December 1982 after giving the manuscript to "Cathedral" only a light edit - although he wrote some acerbic criticisms in the margins.

Stranger ombudsman A. Birch Steen wrote acerbic criticism of the paper within every issue, usually assailing the contents for their extreme liberal bias.

He began to include acerbic criticisms, poems, and essays in his papers, resulting in publishers turning his work away and frequent clashes with superiors and colleagues.

Kaufmann wrote that superficially Kaufmann also sympathized with Nietzsche's acerbic criticisms of Christianity.

This nonstop acerbic criticism stops most human activity and renders many people insane, including Luke, whose stress-induced inability to see the little green maligners divides opinion on whether he should be considered mad or blessed.

He read the book with the intention of pointing out to his daughter what was wrong with it but instead was impressed by the Christian imagery, classical references, and 'acerbic criticism of muggledom'.

Some acerbic criticism appeared in the press, some of it apparently taunting Mendelssohn's Jewish origins.

General Schwarzkopf's acerbic criticism of National Security Council and White House "hawks" challenges the Administration's assertion that it took a hands-off approach toward the military's conduct of the war.

Henfil also worked in theater, film, television and literature, but political activism was his hallmark, creating fictional characters that made acerbic criticisms of the Brazilian political institutions of the time.