Indeed, there had always been a roulettelike aspect to the island's sugar business; decline and distress were evident even in the earliest records...

Not so circumscribed in expedient for the reduction of surplus wealth were those lairds of the lariat who had womenfolk to their name.

Abbreviations: Bso, basioccipital; bpt.pr, basipterygoid process; Bsp, basisphenoid; b.t., basal tubera; Exo, exoccipital; F, frontal; i.c, groove for the inter carotid; Lsp, laterosphenoid; m.pr, median process; ol.t, olfactory tract; Op, opisthostic; Osp, orbitosphenoid; P, parietal; Pro, paroccipital; prcp.pr, precotyloid process; Po, postorbital; Pr, prootic; Prsp, presphenoid; Psp, parasphenoid; q.c, quadrate cotylus; Spo, spraoccipital; s.cr, sagittal crest; Sq, squamosal.

After eight years of Ronald Reagan and Gippermania, Bush and Dukakis both have their work cut out for them.