"Because the railway is economically and socially vital, it receives large amounts of public money and must therefore ultimately be accountable to government. …

All that talk of one superpower -- us -- bestriding a unipolar world seems as dated as Seinfeld reruns.

One afternoon not long afterwards you waited byher bedside as she swam through anesthetic. A box of cherry chocolates and a dozen roses in your lap. Cherry chocolates and chocolate-covered marzipans. Then you drove her home. Chocolate-covered marzipans being her favorite.

If the analysis of fluid texts requires a more sophisticated treatment of versions than we have heretofore witnessed, there is no doubt that geneticism makes a significant contribution.