In the period following World War II, the diversification strategy became a more common one for megacorps, the technique being refined so that expansion was no longer limited to industries with a similar technology.

...She moves from being an angelicized, silent, lyric donna to being an angelicized romance lady.

Euoi! Curving vines, delicate tendrils from sinews and tendons. Euoi! Candle flames and sweet smoke sting, swarm with the sound of bees...

Daddy settled down to be a diabetic with no more comment than in an occasional letter: I started my day as usual with a squizzle of insulin.