The hardest part of being an alter boy was learning Latin. The mass was conducted in Latin and we had to learn to pray in Latin.

The magazines, in the nearby rack, were in English. And on their covers, laughing Terrans.

You start out pulling a few weeds, and the next thing you know you're studying for finals in lichenology.

And Mr. Reid, who is devoted to the Senate, said it would be wrong to presume other recent departees were simply fed up.