But the fact that someone so untempted by mystical inclinations could in an important sense be sustained by what was in part a mystical relationship is emblematic of the extraordinary demands that, in extremis, patients cannot help making — demands that are as impossible for doctors to fulfill as they are impossible for patients to forgo.

He broke a dog's leg with a stone, and there was some talk of having him up for it, but the people were afraid of him, and no one would prosecute.

Saka’s second saw him jink inside from the right, past one challenge and then another before pulling the trigger – it was too easy – and Rashford’s goal followed a Kane pass and a dart inside. In between times, Mehdi Taremi lashed home after the substitute, Ali Gholizadeh, had played him in behind Maguire. It was practically Iran’s first chance.

Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.