The failure of loyalist paramilitaries to decommission weapons was, therefore, less about ideology than about more practical considerations. There were several other reasons why loyalist paramilitaries were not prepared to decommission weapons. Since republicans had not stated that the war was over loyalists saw no reason to unilaterally decommission.

In general, Scott figured, what folks did with their peckers and rectums was their own business. Rump rangers were not a concern to him. Still, as a homicide cop he'd come across his share of gay killings, […]

It was coming up on the cusp of July and August, and he remembered boyhood summers on the mountain's slopes abuzz with blackflies and syrupy heat.

A self-diagnosis circuit that can be used for built-in self-repair is proposed.