Constantine inscribed these words on the pedestal:— Oh Christ! king and master of the universe, I consecrate this humble tower, this sceptre, and the power of Rome, to thee!

One would need to record, for each dying person, whether the person was at the time of death feverish, or was known (preferably on the basis of microscopy) to be malarially infected, or had been previously malarially infected.

CSN&Y didn't shy away from politics, but many artists who followed in their footsteps used the new soft rock synthesis to warble inoffensive pop to a nation tired of controversy. […] Subsequently, many artists rode the soft rock formula all the way to the bank—or at least their labels did.

At least I come from a part of the world that has got a football team; you're a friggn' carrot cruncher and you support the bloody scally's.