Some fellow British travellers at Xian, who own horses and therefore understand equine tack, pointed out — when I asked about the authenticity of the replicas — that the horses could not possibly have coped with the bit between their teeth (as they were shown) for long.

You might be able to find some combination of acquisitions and mergers, or changed operating practices, that would first have to occur before your pursuit of the commodity segment would be a no-lose option.

Rings […] very distinct and well defined.

She began a circuit of the dining room, peering at the baronial fireplace with its andirons the size of torture racks, and heavy oak carvers like gnarled thrones.