Millions of people were starving, while the oligarchs and their supporters were surfeiting on the surplus.

One is to put more energy into collecting data from the unit at the underattended data collection level, so that the emerging findings more closely reflect the main topic.

I vaulted to the hood of the Olds' in true Rockfordesque style, and rolled over, falling off the other side, landing hard upon the pavement.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.