You don't get something for nothing, said Richard Hannah, an analyst for Phillips & Drew, a London brokerage house. For the 40 percent return, you take one bloody huge risk.

Romulus is the eponym of Rome.

The first time I saw Amity we were in front of her house playing work-up, a baseball variation where you move from position to position by outs until you get to bat.

… there had been some amusing byplay with the enginemen as to what might be expected to happen if the engines failed to behave themselves properly.