They could blast the ship to Venus in a few days — at so squandersome a fuel expenditure that ten ships couldn't carry it.

One of the most heavily hit regions was Germany’s Ahrweiler district, where flash floods surged through the village of Schuld, washing away six houses and leaving several more on the verge of collapse. The police said at least 50 people had died in Ahrweiler district.

It takes time to get used to having a step-parent.

Where they burn books, they will also burn people is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.