This petition is the reverse side of the commandment against taking God's name in vain.

It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].

..has had the responsibility of designating one of the court's commissioners in chancery as the tie breaker if the county has an even number of members on its board of supervisors.

All the beliefs, habits, tastes, emotions, mental attitudes that characterize our time are really designed to sustain the mystique of the Party and prevent the true nature of present-day society from being perceived.