The peculiarity of this invention consists in a means for varying the angle at which the plaiting-blade is held in the plaiter without varying the position of the entire instrument upon the sewing-machine.

I'll only give you the usual payment—say five hundred dollars a year, and found./And—what?/Found—that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also.

Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.

The shift in the collective memory is also taking place in local schools, where some teachers still refuse to teach lessons on 1921.