The morning after he had joined the church, many of his neighbors, in congratulating him upon his new departure, said to him: Well, Sam, I hope you. will stick, whereupon Mr. Jones remarked that he liked a religion with stickability in it, and a man with stickability in him.

He warned her 'gainst seductive youths in scarlet clad and gold, / As much as 'gainst the blandishments paternal of the old; / But kept his gravest warnings for (hereby my ditty hangs) / That snowy-haired Lothario Lieutenant-General Bangs.

For liberal humanitarianists, Somalia was significant but only one of many regional conflicts that had humanitarian concerns.

On one offshore island Wuciou (also Wuqiu), the song of the only elementary school had these lyrics: We are the little friends of the frontier, good students of Wuciou elementary school. We are not afraid of stormy winds and frightening waves; bravely and [with] perseverance, we advance forward. Our school is erected on the lonely island of the ocean. We will study hard, and are not afraid of gongfei on the opposite shore.