Trecartin's characters (though I doubt he would sanction such a term, with its vanished, 20th-century confidence in a solid knowable self) understand that they can be owned or branded, discarded or redesigned.
It would seem that "whoring" has now been officially sanctioned as a term to describe shamelessly tarting around for virtual friends - particularly using those nasty automatic friends scrapers on MySpace.
Harry Redknapp, the Tottenham manager, fears a potential deal for David Beckham being rendered a "waste of time" if Los Angeles Galaxy take too long deciding whether to sanction a short-term loan.
He told me he wanted to see the application of "crippling sanctions" on Iran — a term once used by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, then abandoned in a flood of White House caution.
While the case for a 'resistance economy' in either sense was enhanced by sanctions, the term can stretch far enough to cover either a near-siege wartime economy with low international trade or an economy with a vibrant private sector that can compete well internationally.
Rupert Murdoch and his son James could face tough sanctions, including a jail term, if they repeatedly refuse to attend a select committee to answer questions over the phone-hacking scandal, MPs were told on Thursday although it is unclear whether ancient parliamentary sanctions could in practice be used.
Note that the Associated Press (AP) has determined not to use it: 'The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term "illegal immigrant" or the use of "illegal" to describe a person.
"The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term 'illegal immigrant' or the use of 'illegal' to describe a person.
"So for Steven to walk out without sanction in terms of match bans, and for Tom only to face the one match, I think we see that as positive from the players' point of view ahead of this summer's tournament".
In terms of sanction, calling a referee a cheat is an attack on his integrity and contrary to the core values of rugby and therefore we have taken a serious view and provided a serious sanction".
