I have been told that a century ago, in some parts of England, Wiltshire and Dorset were named, on or just after the feast of SS Simon and Jude, 28th October, there was made a kind of fairing, buns in the shape of men and women with currants for the eyes, and it seems quite possible that these were the traditional soul-cake.

Prisoners are notorious for weaseling day passes to get out of lockup […] .

Mr. McCain relented in April, but his new stance represented mostly a political pivot, supporting administration antiforeclosure efforts.

But in some respects humanitarian intervention looks more like police work than war.