The Yngling is highly stable, with a beam-to-waterline ratio of .37 and with 50 percent of the weight in ballast.

A tubulated bottle has a stoppered opening for the introduction or removal of materials.

$2.8 B — “two point eight billion dollars” (i.e., $2,800,000,000)

In the years since 9/11, producers have found rich thematic material in the arguments for and against preordination, resulting in series like “The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” “Lost” and now “FlashForward,” which begins in such a spirit of bracing suspense that I am challenged to recall another pilot that lured me so quickly into addiction.