The deskbound police officer had no opportunity to deal with street crime.

It took years for the archeologist to piece together the fragments of the shattered vase.

These chefs and their devoted clientele are less vegetarians than vegivores, a term that connotes fervid vegetable love rather than ardent meat hate.

A death sentence for Kasab, seen to represent Pakistan, will be widely supported in a frenzy of righteous retribution. Presidential clemency is politically improbable.