hooray for progress among these primitive mudslums! A man can beat his wife and kids as long as he leaves no physical marks, the United Arab Emirates' highest court has found.

Everyone had betrayed, hurt and abandoned her far beyond comprehension or acceptability. The only thing that got her attention were those usherings at her shoulders and they were telling her to run.

The wind blew fiercely and the rain fell heavily.

He inveigled an introduction to her.