At his first trial, Quattrone appeared to waffle and hedge on cross-examination as prosecutors questioned him about numerous e-mails in which he was plainly discussing allocations.
By seeking to link the situation in Syria with that in Bahrain, however, the new Iranian president reveals himself to be more concerned with winning rhetorical points than with plainly discussing real issues.
Mitra plainly fails to discuss the fact that the better the Indian services become, the greater the number of services that require "thinking".
"There is a tremendous skittishness about discussing this plainly," said one senior administration official who has seen much of the intelligence about China's sales.
"Or, put more plainly, How did they fuck?" Myhrvold ignored the laughter and went on to discuss the shape and heft of an apatosaurus, whose hips alone, he noted, weighed fifty thousand pounds, making coupling difficult.
The problem, Brooks thought, was that the scene did not lend itself to history painting: "a group of men, wearing the somber-hued garments of American gentlemen, assembled in a plainly furnished apartment, though earnestly discussing a matter which is now historic, does not furnish a tempting subject for the tricks and bewildering cheats of art".
What resulted was Miles and Hurley discussing Chang with Miles plainly saying, "That douche is my dad" before a cut to a commercial break.
Much discussed and interpreted, "The Windhover" plainly begins with, and takes its rhythmic expansiveness from, a vividly observed kestrel.
It's a data ownership question as well," added IBM's Lord, advocating plainly for education rather than regulation — albeit, again, without discussing how the necessary re-skilling programs could be funded.
Downes took me around the advanced-dementia unit and discussed possible changes to the décor, which was plainly unwelcoming, with cold tiled floors and drab paint.
