On the cable news channels, especially, there were teary-eyed interviews with bystanders; alarums from both the gun control advocates on the one side and the Second Amendment nuts on the other; and--inevitably, inappropriately--debates over what the shooting might mean for this closely-watched Senate race.

He's a raving egomaniac: all he ever talks about is himself and how important he is.

New school buildings are greatly needed, the present schoolhouse being uncentral, too small, and inadequately appointed.

Rocky is the major city on the central Queensland coast and likes to call itself the beef capital of Australia.