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To say so publicly may seem out of step with the times, when you have billionaires famous for driving beat-up pick-up trucks (Warren Buffett) or wearing hoodies (Mark Zuckerberg), but Conard is by no means the first wealthy American to offer a pointed defense of his wealth.

Despite the companionable style of it all, there's proper history here: the series was revisionist in its foregrounding of the role of French settlers in American history, while its insights into the US's long-held reluctance to recruit a standing army offer a pointed critique of its recent conflicts.

Di Natale offered a pointed message to Labor as it considered its stance.

This pilot created by Graham Linehan and Sharon Horgan, offers a pointed look at the annoyances of middle-class motherhood.

Justice Thomas offered a pointed response to the argument an assistant solicitor general, Edward C. DuMont, made on behalf of the law.

In its 20th year, "South Park" offers a pointed and, surprisingly, still-potent platform for commentary on current events.

Another pair of Dutch portraits offers a pointed contrast to the sober black velvets and silks of the adjacent images by Hals.

He offered a pointed response to Mrs. Clinton and those "pushing her to spread smears and her lies about decent people".

And with his top priority, a health care overhaul, delayed in the wake of the recent Republican Senate victory in Massachusetts, he offered a pointed message to both parties.

Donald Fehr, the executive director of the players association, offered a pointed reply today to ownership's contention that players were receiving misinformation regarding negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement.

And he offered a pointed reminder in a televised debate by presidential candidates on Friday, noting that the suspension of enrichment in 2004 happened "under the leader's guidance," meaning that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had signed off on it.