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trenchant

sharp or caustic; vigorous, forceful; effective; keenly perceptive

Sightings:

If looks could ... cut

Caustic and distinct: Ska music in Vancouver (RealAudio recommended)

Robert Service: The games people play

A no-nonsense approach to buttering bread

A business rather than a calling: can lawyers be socially responsible?

The sovereignty of machines: Technopoly

The morning's first gleam

Quotable women of science

Perfect pitch: rendering romance on screen

Toupeéd rednecks, moon cars, and life on the interstate: the Texas Tao

A Zane Grey baseball story

A place to debate (and / or bury) Freud

Out of India

If you're writing a paper on Samuel Becket, check here first

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