Baron Alexander von Musulin […] saw in the post-Sarajevo crisis the last opportunity to halt the advance of pan-Serbianism with the support of the empire's Croats.

Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.

A large ( 13 x 25 cm ) paddle of skin was used to cover a large wound following a temporal bone resection.

Tesla’s first decade was plagued by unmet deadlines, technical snafus and cost overruns.