Tannins give red wine a chompy, dry bitterness—think oversteeped tea—that can be off-putting when a wine is young.

Improved graphics at the expense of battery life was a tradeoff the designers were willing to make.

When we left Mihunzhen, our company comprised less than twenty people. Two young orderlies, ten guards including O Paek Ryong, Kim San Ho and the old man “tobacco pipe”, who had followed us and in so doing had given up teaching at a village school in the secluded land of Helong. These were all members of my company. One company from the Wangqing Regiment, who had followed us from Guandi, left us towards Yilan County to join some units in north Manchuria.

Giddied, he gave up a moment's purchase of ground.