[A] wall … against which all those formidable rouges (as they are most underivably called) take place; in which above twenty players contend, kicking each others' shins nearly as often as the ball

The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board.

In the old days, back when I was getting into the supervillainy game, there was a very clear, very well-established process for letting everyone know who you were and that you were ready to shoot some monuments into space.

Only a few days remained before the freeze, and they spent this period in a burst of superenergy, stripping bark and storing it for their their winter's food.