This back-and-forth, batted between father and son in Sealfons's upstairs offices, preceded a long discourse on the elephant in the storerooms and selling floors of many independent retailers first mentioned by Mr. Carbonell: the Mall at Short Hills.
But acronyms almost always start at the top: people in charge, government offices, and high-level discourse; slang, until very recently, always arose from below: the common people, criminals, pop entertainers, and teen-agers.
In today's political discourse, candidates and office holders at every level of government and in both major parties champion the value of "opportunity".
There is no place in our public discourse for this kind of statement, especially from someone seeking the nation's highest office".
At his office in Gaza City, he offered a discourse on the side effects of the IUD and the pills.
Sure enough, he took her into his private office and "launched into an animated discourse in English on the fate of the tigers in the east, polar bears in the north, and other endangered species.
Whether or not, as the WikiLeaks cables reported, Mr. Berlusconi exhausted himself from all-night partying, his performance in office has exhausted Italy, demeaning public discourse and weakening the rule of law.
We the people need to demand a higher level of political discourse from our candidates for office and elected officials.
It became home to much of the popular and scientific discourse, where journalists and editorial offices selected and tailored the topics according to their own criteria such as news value and relevance, with little room for dialog.
During all that time, we never uncovered a swindle, drove a public figure out of office or into disgrace, or otherwise affected the discourse in the way that media are supposed to do.
