Like some seedy racketeer, the delinquents in Pyongyang had extorted a generous payment in exchange for talks about giving up their pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Perhaps it's time to reflect a little bit about why the main news channels seem to help us concentrate on bad news stories and the seedier side of life.
Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard-felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places.
Let's get those panties off. - l have to put my diaphragm in. - l have to be at work in 40 minutes. - l know. our affair like our hotels had gone from elegant with crystal to seedy with plastic cups.