The party was by way of being musical--that is to say, a famous pianist had been engaged to let off a lot of rockets from his finger-tips, and a buffo singer from the opera roared out his Figaro la, Figaro qua, with all the strength of his brazen lungs; while one or two gifted amateurs sang glees in washed-out, apologetical accents, which were nearly lost in the din of the room.

My bubbe's inability to write in English turned out to be a blessing: she pressed me into service as her scribe at an early age.

For outgroup taxa, order and species names are given for each examined specimen. For euteleosteomorphs, order, suborder (if any), family, and species names are given.

In many developed societies the sexual liberation movement has become a pseudo-liberation which has exchanged old taboos, morals and disciplinary patterns for openly exposed and commercialised sex, a no less repressive situation than before.