The Dearth Of Perspecials: The Pedantic Honor Student

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After the two student's fought each other, Dean Williams found it expedient to let the two students sit down and talk out their differences.
The pedantic honor student never failed to make gratuitous references to his grades at the dinner table.
Sarah's dogged attempt to put a sticker on every rock she saw was immaterial.
The dearth of perspicacious investigators in the crime unit caused cases in the crime unit to stay open for an aberrant amount of time.
Sarah’s effusive facials made her performances interesting to watch.
It took many hackneyed magazine issues to galvanize the magazine writers into convincing the editor that they needed to feature new designers with fresh ideas in their magazine.
Frank was labeled as an iconoclast after

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