A trifle, some eight-penny matter.

The total population of the Quad Cities in 1950 was 184,493 while the metropolitan area population was 234,256.

“Are we ready for the ceremonial eyefuck?” asks Garvey. “I definitely think we've earned it.”

The nearer we approach an adversary (within just limits) in these rational decertations, the less he can have to say against us