pristine = 'faultless; perfectly executed'

[Jonathan Lighter]

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HERMAN: Just attack the credibility of the witnesses, Fred, that stood up
and basically tried to destroy Amanda Knox. I mean, the co- defendant who is
serving prison time now was the key government witness to testify against
her. So is his credibility really worth it?

I mean, he did it for a reduced prison sentence. The other people who
testified on behalf of the government, attack their credibility. And like
Avery said, she has to be pristine when she speaks to these people and pray,
basically plead with them to let her go. But I don't think it is going to be
enough. I think there is enough evidence to keep the conviction.

JL

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

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> Perhaps it's just a hypallage, based on the phrase "pristine performance,"
> as the phrase might describe near-perfection achieved by a diva or a gymnast
> (the phrase has 21,200 raw Google hits).
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> --Charlie
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> Didn't seem like it. In fact, it still doesn't. Maybe the transcript will
> eventually clarify.
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> JL
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> > At 10/2/2011 04:25 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > >A nationally-known attorney tells CNN that Amanda Knox "has to be
> > *pristine*
> > >when she speaks to these people [on the jury]."
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> > >He means absolutely perfect in performance. Not virginal or anything.
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> > Or does he mean "clean", in the sense of unbiased, un-predisposing?
> >
> > Joel
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