The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.

The Bottom-Up Review is based on the premise that two near simultaneous Major Regional Conflicts (MRCs) can be successfully executed by our significantly downsized force structure.

He felt horribly ashamed. He would have liked to throw himself on his knees beside her, put his arms round her, and ask her pardon. But he could do nothing of the kind; the scene had left him lumpish and awkward.

Andrew pays all the farm expenses, but the housekeeping accounts fall to me. I make a fairish amount of pin money on my poultry and some of my preserves that I send to Boston, …