The genera Philomela and Curruca, as we previously observed, are very closely allied to each other, both are woodland in their habits, and both possess great melody of song.

Andrew Jackson, with that long head of his and that unroached forelock, looked a good deal like a neglected horse in the face.

...in a moment of regrettable cuteness, forgetting that I would not always be a wittle-bitty baby...

That the tax would take effect after some of the payments were made also raises issues. Says former Attorney General Richard Thornburg, also in an e-mail: Such legislation could well run afoul of constitutional restrictions on bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, laws impairing the obligations of contract, unauthorized takings of property and the like.