Word: vulgarisms
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...Fogel was the resurgence of student protests this year. "I was brought up in Cambridge," he said. "I would occasionally walk through the Yard and see John Harvard and I felt I was walking on holy ground. When I saw thes people--they had hung an effigy and some vulgar banners on the statue--I thought it was desecration. I thought it was overdoing things...
There is such a hunger for romance, for decent emotions, that people will probably go to see this film despite its vulgar ineptitude. But it is a shame that the romantic spirit should, these days, be the first refuge for the charlatan, the last for honest craftsmen...
...More vulgar, less witty (and flirty...
...Theo" is crude, a little vulgar in his materialism, but really kind of nice once you get to know him. "Liz" is, perhaps, a bit standoffish, but also quite a nice girl once she loosens up. Of course, they have their tempestuous moments, but what marriage doesn't have its rough spots? The pair settle down very nicely together on the yacht or his private island, and she even gets used to his little quirks - like not getting rid of his mistress after the marriage. Later, following the death of his son, Theo is seen suddenly...
...Virginia estate. It is a larger task than it sounds: there are usually a score or so, and Mellon is not likely to give them naglike names−Dobbin, or Betsy or Mary Sue. Nor, being the aristocrat he is, is he likely to call them anything that sounds vulgar or, God forbid, flashy. No A.J.'s Poppa or Nudie will ever bear the gray and yellow silks of Rokeby Stables. Instead, Mellon chooses names that are close to heart, and a list of his horses shows the dimensions...