He burned his fingers in the stock market and has been timid about investing ever since.

In using this system, absentee voters were instructed to mark their ballots with number two pencils. The optical scanner rejected ballots which were marked with instruments other than number two pencils.

He gripped his thatch-rake and, swinging it, struck at a tree.

Fanfests are increasingly popular, offering offseason weekends celebrating the team and its players and offering sponsors opportunities...