On the thirteenth day I drank some more water, and dozed and thought disjointedly of eating and of vague impossible plans of escape.

Or if it thundered and lightninged, Aunt Frances always dropped everything she might be doing and held Elizabeth Ann tightly in her arms until it was all over.

These are nonapology apologies, said Larry J. Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist.

A bull elephant gave tourists in Thailand more than they bargained for on Sunday when it sat on and rubbed itself along their cars.