As an aid to this end, and that the railroad companies may derive the highest efficiency from the man employed as a locomotive engineman, a code of questions is given him, and it is expected that the preparation necessary to correctly answer the questions will indicate how well he has progressed.

I had gone and seen the Norwegian Consul, a man in his sixties, tall and square, who had been a Cape Horner in the days of the sailing ships.

Despite their fears about giving birth, none of the women in this study opted for an elective caesarean section as some tocophobic women are reported to do.[…]The findings of Hofberg and Brockington, that tocophobic women who were denied their requests for caesarean section suffered higher rates of psychological morbidity than those whose wishes for operative birth were achieved, demonstrates the psychological damage that can occur when clinicians decide what is best for women on the basis of their own preferences.

When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.