he US Supreme Court, which is the highest court in the country. The local district attorney, who is brilliant and sometimes cuts corners. A "district attorney" is the lawyer who prosecutes accused criminals for the state. "Brilliant" is extremely intelligent. A person who "cuts corners" will sometimes break the law or cheat, if they think that they will not get caught and the act is not too serious. Lady cops. Female police officers. A crusty but benign police lieutenant, who is always getting heat from the police commissioner. A "lieutenant" is a middle ranking member of the police (or military). "To get heat" from a person is to get a lot of pressure from them, and the "police commissioner" is the person in charge of the police force. The Arabs have decided to jack up the price of oil another 20%. "To jack up" prices is to raise them. New York City is still facing default. "Default" is the official act of declaring bankruptcy, or the inability to pay money that is owed. Diana realizes that Howard can change everything for UBS, and what the American people need is a person to "express their rage." I think we’ve lucked in to something. "To luck in to" something is to find yourself in a great situation without ever having tried. Are you suggesting we put that lunatic back on the air, yelling "bullshit"? A truly great word for a crazy or insane person. You’re not going to get something like this dumped in your lap for the rest of your days, so you can’t piss it away. If an opportunity is "dumped in your lap," it is given to you just by chance (a person’s lap is the section of leg above their knees, when they are sitting down). "To piss away" an opportunity is to waste it. I can turn that show into the biggest smash on television. In this context, a "smash" is a popular show, or huge success. I see Howard Beale as a latter day prophet...a magnificent messianic figure inveighing against the hypocrisies of our time. One of Diana’s truly great and ridiculous statements; A "prophet" is a man who claims to be speaking directly for God, and a "latter day prophet" is simply one who makes such claims in modern times. "Magnificent" is a powerful word meaning truly wonderful or great, and a "messianic figure" is a messiah, or great religious leader."To inveigh" is an educated word meaning to speak against, and "hypocrisy" is an important word describing the situation when people (especially politicians) say they believe something, but in fact act in ways that show they do not. It will just go through the roof. In this context, to become extremely popular. Do you want to figure out the revenues of a strip show that sells for 100,000 bucks per minute?! "To figure out" a problem is to solve it. "Revenues" is a business word for income. A "stri
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