But even this otherwise thoughtful critic can't pass up the opportunity to make an irrelevant and condescending comparison between today's leads and the originals.

Nothing came of these contributions, but they show Balmain as a thoughtful critic of the colony's institutions.

Elderfield of the Modern has been one of Diebenkorn's most thoughtful critics.

More thoughtful critics were prepared to hail the film as a breakthrough.

He is one of the more interesting and thoughtful cultural critics of our age, a man of tremendous breadth, the author of more than a dozen books.

Pithy, sure, but it doesn't relate to any actual objections put forth by thoughtful critics.

A thoughtful critic, he offered a mixed review.

This will promote the kind of candidate-centered, sound-bite-oriented politics deplored by thoughtful critics.

Mr. Biggs, the respected head of a large teachers' pension fund, has long been a thoughtful critic of the accounting gimmicks and auditors' conflicts of interests.

How can a writer open a review with "this scummy little book" and expect to be taken for a thoughtful critic?