[…] she said, sharply, if we women had great fists as big as yours there might be a juster spurting of noseblood, Broad One.

There's no way to sugarcoat the loss of the space shuttle; it was an unmitigated disaster.

Earths are perhaps, not altogether unalimentary. The luxurious Capuans paid a considerable tribute to the Neapolitans, for an earth called Leucogaeum which they considered necessary for the preparation of a favourite dish […]

You might think that Americans buy roughly the same number of fitted sheets as flats. Or, considering the market for electric blankets, duvets, and other covers, that consumers buy even more bottom sheets, simply forgoing the tops.