[T]he United States will continue to rely on dollar depreciation as a blunt instrument to fight all its economic battles.

her meagre allowance of food or drink

Why, the inquiry thing, the yellow-dog thing—you wouldn’t think a mangy, native tyke would be allowed to trip up people in the verandah of a magistrate’s court, would you?

You still have your doubts don't you? She sighed. What proof can I give you that Im telling the truth? What can I say that will convince you? And then her eyes lit up. I know, she said. When you were very little, you sustained a woundsome sort of hunting accident.