Not one to gloat, Thorn did sound amused Monday when asked if he had broken the news to the Mavericks' owner, Mark Cuban: no backsies.

You'll be wantin' to get married bimeby, and then it'll be convenient to have some money to begin with.

This book is directed to chemical scientists, biologists, pharmacists as well as to interested laymen who wish to learn about e.g. the lacrymator in onions or the typical flavor compounds of beetroot.

We didn't have any snow up here, that stayed until this year (1918) thus giving us a black Christmas, as they say, but the spirit was anything but black. Colored and white packages prevailed.