Glucose, maltose, maltotriose and dextrimaltose were used as standards.

By “mopping” (stealing) the clothes and accessories necessary to effect their look, or by buying breasts, reconstructed noses, lifted chins, and female genitals, the children turn traditional ideas of labor around: […]

If the halyards are not single, the yard must be sent down by a yard rope, like the topgallant yard. In some vessels, instead of making the sheets and clewlines fast to the jack, over-hand knots are taken in their ends, and they are let go.

Charles laughs like a drain and empties his champagne glass. “How about some fruit juice and muesli, pumpkin?”