Most psammophilic species have expanded tibiae that function as shovels when these beetles are burrowing.

As long as societies label people “male/female,” “boy”/“man,” “girl”/“woman” and attach some significance to these labels, genderology has a subject matter — a reason for existence.

The St. George's Club is to be congratulated upon the revived energy of its proceedings, because the matches and tournies of such an important society of Chess-players cannot fail to exercise a beneficial influence upon the progress of the game in England.

Not wishing to attend the banquet, I pleaded illness.