Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.