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In From One Language to Another (1986) Jan de Waard and Eugene A. Nida decry the “clinging to old-fashioned language even though the meaning has radically changed” and as a deplorable example points to the retaining of “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” even though want no longer means to `lack' but rather `desire' and continues with, “Thus many persons understand this traditional rendering to mean, `The Lord is my shepherd whom I shall not want.
For that matter the general public, though generally disgusted (whether by the alleged activity or the process that made it a public issue or both), has also gained considerable pleasure and excitement from this admittedly deplorable episode.
The salads were especially deplorable; for they tended to be complicated and decorative, and might even conceal bits of marshmallow in their dreadful depth ...
The Indonesian press and Singapore's Straits Times discount the rumors as utterly false, citing the deplorable readiness of people to believe everything they read on the Internet.
Washington Week in Review devoted the show to Campaigngate, with five talking heads bobbing in unison for a half hour on the deplorable state of affairs.