Word: twitter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Against these plangent strings of personality is the oboe howl and twitter of Niall Buggy as the only son, a pixilated and desperate man steeped in family lore who nonetheless bolted half a continent away. For him and his kin, heritage is a cruel joke masquerading as an oracle...
...judge? Most of the time it is very satisfying. One enjoys the prestige. Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special. Attendants twitter all around. Most striking, at every sitting, at least two highly trained lawyers, whose job it is to talk, who love to talk, allow you to interrupt them whenever you want...