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...disrepute, some of them very deservedly, but I really think that to unjustly attack a public official who has not earned that certainly is not in accordance with the responsibilities owing by a member of the bar. Frankly, I understood your use of the word "deliberate" in a more vernacular sense that the language of the case you read...
Cynics like to say that whomever the story belongs to, it will probably deal with trucks, trains, prison, drinking (or moonshine), women misbehaving ("slippin' around" in the country vernacular) or death. The ideal country song might be about a guy who finally gets out of prison, hops a truck home, finds that his wife is slippin' around, gets drunk, and staggers to his doom in front of a highballing freight...
...tucked off in the corner of the yard, kind of out of the way, kind of unobtrusive, kind of nondescript... In the vernacular of convicts it's known as the "iron pile" and is the pastime for weight lifters, body builders and ego trippers ... From work call to lunch hour, ironpushin' regulars hit the pile with predictable regularity ... To them, working out is a contest of who is the strongest, who is the baddest... As the sun slides down ... style is now trump and all hands hold the boss suit. Pump-up freaks are in the game; they...
...tour, Dylan's concerts have taken on the panoply of clan reunions. Hours before his scheduled appearance, stadium parking lots become agoras for hundreds who browse about looking at Dylan T shirts, posters and songbooks hawked by local vendors. They are subdued crowds-"laid back" in the vernacular of the present -but once inside they unite to buffet Dylan with waves of applause after each song. Roaring pleas for encores and repeated standing ovations are standard features. Lighted matches, signifying the rebirth of Woodstock solidarity, are regularly held aloft...
...found inspiration about four years ago when he walked into a Barcelona gallery and saw some tapestries -"hangings," in the current vernacular -by a young Spaniard called Josep Royo. They were insouciant works, with various objects sticking out of the wool. Miró decided at once that with Royo he could and would create a new style, in a career that has had many styles. He sought out the young man, told him briskly: "Let's start working together at once. We are going to break traditional molds." In the next years, the two worked in close collaboration. Every...