I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.

She was standing in front of the mirror unhooking her frock. Mrs. P., I mean.

FOR the 45 years since its inception, Port St. Lucie has often been seen as something of a Florida nowheresville, a suburban city idling between the more attention-worthy municipalities of South Florida (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach) and the tourist magnet of Orlando.

Also in Henan, a 13-year-old girl from Shancheng District of Hebi City was beaten to death by her own mother, probably because of her poor academic record.