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...writer puts both intellect and experience to good use, especially in Deadwood's dialogue, which is vulgar but well crafted, even oddly formal. ("If you're going to murder me, I'd appreciate a quick dying. And not getting et by the pigs. In case there is resurrection of the flesh.") As with NYPD Blue's mannered police slanguage--or, for that matter, iambic pentameter--no human speaks this way. But the writing does what good dialogue should, which is firmly establish its own world and its own logic...
...biggest now-you-tell-us moments of the year, Clear Channel Communications, the largest U.S. radio chain, last week deemed disc jockey HOWARD STERN "vulgar, offensive and insulting" and dropped his syndicated show from the six stations that aired it. (It can still be heard on dozens of stations on the Infinity network.) Coincidentally, Clear Channel CEO John Hogan testified the next day before a congressional committee on media indecency. As for Stern, his show will be suspended until Clear Channel is assured that he will meet decency standards. (Should be real soon.) Even conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh...
Though footballers are attractive to women who pursue famous, ultra-masculine men, many of these women underestimate how much teammates love to impress and please one another. The vulgar phrase "Get your end in and get your friend in" isn't heard as much in football circles as it was 10 or 20 years ago, when teams had designated "promoters" who organized group sex sessions. With today's game more of a business chasing an ever wider audience, a veneer of sophistication has been laid over many of its unsavory traditions, just as spiraling passes and mesmerizing sidesteps obscure...
When Hnida first came forward with her experience, the rape charge might have been the most shocking disclosure, but it was her experience as a member of the football team that left little room to acquit Barnett. Hnida says she was repeatedly verbally abused, called vulgar names, and had her breasts and crotch groped at practice...
Usually the company's design direction converges with the luxury houses' trends, but not always. One popular look H&M passed on a few years back was camouflage prints, judged by the Swedish management to be "war inspired." It has also banned vulgar or sexist language on T shirts and provocative children's clothing...