Sir Edward was a Puritan who in his youth had been to Geneva to drink at the pure fountains of Puritanism. He had returned to Genevate the church and aid in favoring the Puritan party in Parliament.

Maintaining varieties also requires selection, however. It's usually referred to as culling or roguing. ...we examine the [plant] population and eliminate the occasional rogue.

In 2002, American interrogators on the ground in Afghanistan developed a technique they called “monstering.” The commander “instituted a new rule that a prisoner could be kept awake and in the booth for as long as an interrogator could last.” One “monstering” interrogator engaged in this for thirty hours.¹⁷⁷

The living room was huge and modernly furnished. Open spaces were everywhere, the coffee table was glass-topped, the couches were lightest of tans with red roses sprinkled across them.