La Trappe, a Frenchman, was a gloomy disciplinist and recluse, and a founder of a set of devotees, who are obliged to live in the practice of the utmost austerities, and without ever speaking to each other.

He has no boxing skills; he won the bout with brute strength.

Revivalists often regard classic soul as a museum piece, stiff and untweakable.

Although touted as an encyclopedia, the BASIC Handbook is instead dictionaric; there are no lengthy explanations of programming theory or “tricks of the trade,” but this is a complete, readable, and usable reference to the BASIC language.