In 1762, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, a French priest who was a scholar of Eastern languages, had made the inspired guess that the cartouches set off words of great importance, such as the names of gods or rulers.

Tajikistan has launched an anti-terror operation in its restive Gorno-Badakhshan province, which borders Afghanistan and China, Russia's RIA news agency cited the Tajik interior ministry as saying on Wednesday.[…] Dozens of people were killed in clashes between a domestic armed group and government forces in Gorno-Badakhshan in 2012.

I think we can afford the extra hour it will take.  We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.

a hearty handshake; a hearty timber