We must retrench and try to hold on long enough for products in development to reach the market or we will be out of business.

Not that Briggs was capable of bringing it on. He got in, maybe, one really good shot: a right to Foreman's ample belly

You’ve already seen it mentioned a few times, but in case it wasn’t clear, I’m proposing the term “Immediately-Invoked Function Expression”, and “IIFE” if you like acronyms. The pronunciation “iffy” was suggested to me, and I like it, so let’s go with that. What is an Immediately-Invoked Function Expression? It’s a function expression that gets invoked immediately. Just like the name would lead you to believe.

In those days, as now, the Royal Naval Colleges as well as Sandhurst were well patronised by the squirearchy and the youths of the blue-blood who found in the training there a congenial calling, when they were not satisfied with military training as a hobby. … The attraction of military and naval life was enhanced by the fact that the Royal family patronised it.