Ayatollah Khamenei was elevated from the middle clerical rank, hojatolislam, to ayatollah overnight in what was essentially a political rather than a religious decision.

If two jointly prepare counterfeit coin, and utter it in different shops apart from each other, but in concert, and intending to share the proceeds, the utterings of each are the joint utterings of both, and they may be convicted jointly.

Those who have treated of natural philoſophy, may be nearly reduced to three claſſes.

The woman who visited more than a decade ago may have suffered from chronomentrophobia, a condition obviously not shared by [Allan] Symons, although his fascination with clocks is as much a mystery — even to him — as others’ irrational fear of them.