The use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with, and the remarkable elastic darts of the Pelew Islands, bent and made to fly by their own spring, indicate inventions which may have led to that of the bow, while the arrow is a miniature form of the javelin.

Even 500 feet probably wouldn't allow you to brake to a stop, because it's where the rubber meets the road that counts.

If you want to start with talk, stick a tag in right awayJane MacDonald on alt.fiction.original

Critics have suggested that Wharton's historical context inhibited her from creating the Künstlerromans that characterize most writers' beginning efforts.