He advocates a revision of the rules.

Knowing very well that his wife wanted to go to a movie, the husband, who was a dog in the manger, cooked up a scheme whereby they had to stay at home waiting for a certain visitor who was not expected to come.

hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue

Products known as wet tissue paper, which is unwoven fabric soaked in ethanol and other liquids, are available in stores and used in homes and offices as substitutes for oshibori.

Is there intelligent life on other planets?

A WILD ASS and a Lion entered into an alliance so that they might capture the beasts of the forest with greater ease.

He is a good correspondent.

I keep it only to safeguard myself, and to preserve a weapon which will always secure me from any steps which he might take in the future.

Once each country determines an exchange rate between home currency and gold, the parity of gold becomes automatically fixed, and the currency authority in each country introduces monetary policy, which is adjusted to the financial situation to sustain the parity of gold.

On the other hand, deregulation, currently fashionable, won't help and will probably hurt.