Word: miscreant
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...writers' love of verbal play. In A Manual for Manuel, Cortazar characterizes different types of secret policemen in a string of richly suggestive alliterative words, hormigon, hormigucho, etc. In English, a literal translation (big ant, big clumsy ant) would have been ungainly. Rabassa's solution: dominant, sycophant, miscreant...
...going up at an astounding rate. The new kids are easy to train. They have a better sense that the world is a pretty dangerous place and that somebody's got to defend all those things that we believe in." The days of a judge telling a miscreant to join the Army or go to jail are over. "We won't take a man if he has a parking ticket outstanding," said Nashville Navy Recruiter Tony Thomas. Indeed, the services frown on would-be recruits who have not finished high school. In 1980, 68% of the enlistees...
...tribute to Ronstadt and Smith. Ronstadt says that Leach is wise and solid, and that Smith, who hadn't caused the problem, had with characteristic generosity shared the blame. And Smith is awed that Ronstadt pulled herself together, and that her apology did not mention the miscreant musicians...
...entire day and involve almost as much hassle and humbling as being drummed out of the regiment. Endless hours must be spent in lines leading to sometimes abusive traffic-court clerks who treat parking offenders as if they were homicide suspects. Policemen and judges often heap scorn on a miscreant. Tow-truck operators can be just as surly...
...they do have an impact on the real world. You have a good chance of persuading a majority to support you but all is not lost if you don't. You can always write an "On the Other Hand" editorial stating your own position, no matter how deviant (miscreant...