Around the country, owners of more than 1,000 noncasino hotels, including some well-known properties on the West Coast, have defaulted on $16.8 billion in loans, and many more are expected to follow suit, according to Real Capital Analytics, a New York research company.

Speaking of that, you will always address us with a 'sir sandwich.' A sir sandwich or a ma'am sandwich ... is you putting a sir or ma'am at the beginning of your sentence and at the end of your sentence.

That will prove a trickier test, the management having pinpointed Oleh Blokhin's side as one of the favourites in the group, though they will confront an England team buoyed by this battering.

Finnochio or Sweet fennel (Fœniculum dulce of Bauhin) is a biennial plant, a native of Italy and Portugal. It differs from common fennel in its dwarfer stature, darker hue, and shorter duration.