[…] the noise made by the beating of the waves on the land and the sighing of the wind amongst the pendulous leaves—or rather pendant fringe of the casuarina or she-oak, those aeolian harps of the Australian bush, almost drowned their voices.

The chief risk officer (CRO) title first appeared in a 1988 Peat Marwick study on global capital markets. The first CRO was James Lam of GE Capital, in 1993.

I can make this dog take as many whiffes as I list, and he shall retain, or effume them, at my pleasure.

maybe she's bi? she sure tingles my queerdar in a big way.