The obverse side of that germ-fear coin is the inculcation of fear of all microbes. The fact is, most microbes are not only harmless, they are beneficial, and we do not live in a sterile, germ-free world. We can't, and we shouldn't want to.

Two of the greatest tennis players will be pitted against each other in next week's final.

It was made with different persons, and fitted out with more of accommodation and comfort; but the other, as made with my comrades, was more completely a marooning party

I'm not going to pry into your life, but I wish you'd tell me how you got to the South Carolina Lowcountry. That trip must be some kind of story.