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Genebach’s Max is a diverting wheeler-dealer, and Lolita Marie’s cool intensity, as Jay’s perspicacious sister, Nina, proves essential to the play’s message and mood. Celia Wren, Washington Post, "Timely ‘The Royale’ comes out swinging," 10 Oct. 2019

Of course, any perspicacious viewer of Rocky and Bullwinkle knew that the squirrel was the brains of the outfit. Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, "Squirrels Can Store the Same Kinds of Nuts in Specific Groupings," 1 Dec. 2017

The most perspicacious of the English understood that as soon as Americans started to get beyond the Appalachian mountains, we would be cut off from the motherland. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, "You’re Free on Independence Day," 4 July 2019

Of course, any perspicacious viewer of Rocky and Bullwinkle knew that the squirrel was the brains of the outfit. Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, "Squirrels Can Store the Same Kinds of Nuts in Specific Groupings," 1 Dec. 2017

What secured the nomination were two things: the movie’s extraordinary quality and the perspicacious marketing department at Netflix’s documentary division. Glenn Kenny, New York Times, "Netflix Casts a Wider Net for Original Documentaries," 9 Mar. 2017

And then there’s the issue of scale: There are as many as 400 billion birds flitting around the planet; pondering their individual, perspicacious consciousnesses can be jaw-dropping, almost sublime. Jon Mooallem, New York Times, "ARE WE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW SMART ANIMALS ARE?," 26 Apr. 2016

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