When Converse's cool-hunter DeeDee Gordon was in Los Angeles, she saw white teenage girls dressing like cholos, or Mexican gangsters, wearing tight white tank tops known as wife beaters, a bra strap hanging out, long shorts, tube socks, and shower sandals.

In case of a book, however, mutilation can go much farther without destroying bookhood.

The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.

Each slight sore mattereth.