Islandophiles divide themselves roughly into two groups – those who yearn exclusively for lush tropical islands of the Tahitian/Caribbean variety, and those who don’t.[…]“Islands: Their Lives, Legends and Lore,” by Seon and Robert Manley (Chilton).[…]Includes many anecdotes about such noted islandophiles as Sir Walter Scott, Captain Kidd and Henry David Thoreau.

He didn't graduate because he was chronically truant and didn't have enough attendances to meet the requirement.

The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him.

The fogs were ſucceeded by ſhowery weather, which promoted vegetation as much as the chilly nights would permit; but, after a ſhort time, theſe chilly nights were accompanied with chilly days, and the progreſs of Nature received a ſecond check, though not unfavourable in the main.