One seldom hears a text sung in which 50 per cent of the lines are not mere fill-outs — either, on the mechanical level, excuses for rhymes or scansion or, on a more justifiable level, additions of emotional weight by mere reiteration of intellectual points already made.

He then died intestate; and I observed that his heir-at-law was not actually seised of Whiteacre, the possession of which became vacant on his ancestor's death

Peking Radio broadcast about one particular department in the Szechwan city of Tzu-kung illustrated how easily the bureaucrats could influence the soldiers: There was a close connection between the department and the . . . Tzukung Municipal CCP Committee. Work was carried out by the department under the leadership of the municipal CCP committee.]

This groove throws up a higher panic, issued by the grown-ups at headquarters this time, a nervewracked-at-the-nerve-center vibe.