And we see such interdependence even more clearly in their economic performance: China’s annual GDP growth rate, for example, will slow by two percentage points this year, owing to sluggishness in the United States and the EU.
There I bribed the ostler to shut his gaping mouth and fetch my favorite roan mare, Merillwyn, not a native pony, but a true Roman draft horse, big enough for war and trained by Uncle Leary 's own captain of horses, before the archking gave her to me.
“Oh, no!” said Bobbie, greatly shocked; “you don’t rub muslin. You put the boiled soap in the hot water and make it all frothy-lathery—and then you shake the muslin and squeeze it, ever so gently, and all the dirt comes out. […] ”
Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
