11.   The public attack on the Americans has caused U.S. officials to respond with equally caustic remarks.

12.   Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson are terrific as alienated teens Enid and Rebecca, whose caustic remarks can destroy just about anyone and anything.

13.   The premiership, of course, was already clinched twice by a man who has always been the target of his caustic remarks, Democrat leader Chuan Leekpai.