Moreover, Judge Jackson called the appeals court supercilious and said, "they embellish law with unnecessary, and in many cases, superficial scholarship".

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They held that if government agents asked if you had done something criminal, you could deny it without being charged with a felony false statement so long as you didn't embellish your denial with other lies (like a phony alibi).

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The production designer David Stark, meanwhile, helped embellish the underwater surroundings with seaglass blue vases.

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But the pressures of the election campaign drove Mr Straw to embellish these sensible proposals with several crowd-pleasing punitive measures that are now destined to become law.

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"The state brought many witnesses with a motive to embellish or outright lie, " she told jurors.

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Its cherry veneer, framed with maple, is decorated with porcupine quillwork, more conventionally used to embellish hides or birch bark, not solid wood.

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