My average customer used to be in their late 40s or 50s. Now most of them are in their mid-20s. They're definitely better educated. They're more careful, they are tasting and choosing rather than just buying wine blindly.

We got disheartened and took the easy way out.

His finest hour lasted a minute and a half.

[However, noting that the women thus accused of witchcraft] belonged to the same ethnic and national groups that denounced them and that then laid claim to their land and possessions, ... the Inquisition was carried out not against women but against Jews.

Gay activist groups are already starting to instruct same-sex couples to file joint income tax returns, so the Bush Administration should establish procedures right now in order that the bureaucracy will know how to handle the paperwork.

Big Brother is on the march. A plan to subject all children to mental health screening is underway, and the pharmaceuticals are gearing up for bigger sales of psychotropic drugs.