[S]he was overshadowed by her intensely competitive siblings, especially her brother Bruce, a graduate of Harvard’s law and business schools who went from being a Nader’s Raider, a left-wing consumer advocate, to a Master of the Universe, a leveraged buyout billionaire.
Shut up, buddy, you've forgotten that I can't run. Now you're the wise guy, hah?
I dare say the clever dick who thought of the idea will be rewarded in the next honours list, with one of those decorations that come up with the rations, […]
This inward-looking tendency comes to a climax during Su's first exile in Huang-chou in 1080, when for a time he desists from writing and immerses himself in Buddhist texts and meditation.
