Although she detested her client, the taxi rank system meant she had no choice but to take the case.

Our ash is not tough and hard like that, but has an open grain, and is among the most brash or breakly of our timbers.

Uncle Sedgwick, who is considered around and about as somewhat of a flannelmouth, has talked Drizzlepuss into going ice fishing. . . . Uncle can tell you some wonderful fish stories, but, boy, I've never known a guy who's so careless with the truth.

The workers are paid de die in diem.