Although Chiang Kai-shek was released without publicly acceding and Chang Hsüeh-liang was technically punished, in effect the dramatic incident was the precursor to the easing of the war against the Communists and to the eventual co-operation of the latter in the defense against Japan.

Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10.

I want this, too, I want you. Like really want you more than anything I've wanted in a long time. But if you force it, you're going to train wreck the whole thing in a fiery mess over a steep cliff with jagged rocks below.

The showeriness of the weather made it undesirable to go walking.