Prior to the 1980s, Australian English had been widely deprecated by Australians themselves, principally as a result of a sense of inferiority known as cultural cringe.

Egypt talks to Hamas but is not eager to see the radical Islamic group succeed in running a small statelet next door.

The words straight-hinged or straight-backed are not fully adequate as diagnostic terms, as the former term can be applied to hinges in representatives of most major ostracode groups and the latter is inadequate for many dorsate ostracodes with a straight, long hinge.

As in the eastern pygmy possum (van Tets and Hulbert 1999), this is reflected in a very low nitrogen requirement in sugar gliders (Smith and Green 1987), and probably all sap feeders.