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{{a|work|{{image|ABC glengarry|png|}}}}{{quote|“A-B-C. A: always. B: Be. C: Commenting. Always be commenting! ''Always'' be commenting! [[For the avoidance of doubt|A-I-D-A]]: A: Always. I: In the name of. D: [[Doubt]]. A: ''Avoidance''. Always: Am I commenting? In: Am I in the office? Doubt: could someone, however petrified, paranoid, or beyond the practical reach of modern common sense, miscontrue? We are talking about judges, fellows. You are writing for JUDGES. Avoidance: Have I avoided it? Can I avoid it? Did you avoid it? No, Moss, you just stuck your goddamn foot in it. I know you did, because I smell your dogshit plain English provincial conveyancer dreck. You comment or you hit the bricks! You got the prospects frettin’ in; you think they came in to get their asses out of the rain? Guy doesn't walk on the lot unless he wants to cover his ass. Sitting out there waiting for you to give him something to worry about! Are you gonna do it? A little “belts and suspenders”, a shrug of the shoulders, a no bright line test? Are you attorney enough to take it?”
{{a|work|{{image|ABC glengarry|png|}}}}{{quote|“A-B-C. <br>
A: Always. <br>
B: Be. <br>
C: Commenting. <br>
''Always'' be commenting!  
 
[[For the avoidance of doubt|A-I-D-A]]: <br>
A: Always. <br>
I: In the name of. <br>
D: [[Doubt]]. <br>
A: Avoidance. <br>
''Always'': Am I commenting? <br>
In: Am I in the office? <br>
Doubt: could someone, however petrified, paranoid, or beyond the practical reach of modern common sense, ''misconstrue''? We are talking about ''judges'', fellows. You are [[Writing for a judge|writing for JUDGES]].<br>
''Avoidance'': Have I avoided it? ''Can'' I avoid it? ''Did'' you avoid it? No, you did not, staff attorney Moss, you just stuck your goddamn foot in it. <br>
I know you did, because I smell your dogshit plain English provincial conveyancer dreck. You comment or you hit the bricks! You got the prospects frettin’ in; you think they came in to get their asses out of the rain? Guy don't walk on the lot unless he wants to [[Buttocractic oath|cover his ass]]. Sitting out there waiting for you to give him something to worry about! Are you gonna do it? A little “[[belt and braces|belts and suspenders]]”, a shrug of the shoulders, a no [[bright-line test]]? Are you attorney enough to take it?”
:—Alec Barwin in ''Glengarry Glenmarkup''}}
:—Alec Barwin in ''Glengarry Glenmarkup''}}