A “chilling effect,” a phrase invoked with numbing regularity these days, is the shibboleth that civil libertarians have brandished for a couple of decades against actions that could deter the press from exercising its constitutional freedom.

For many years Bud Abbott served brilliantly as Lou Costello's deadpan straight man.

an usual ceremony at their [the witches'] convents or meetings

Under the influence of heavy drugs and suggestive psychotherapy, people could recall repressed memories and confess abominous crimes