[…] the tea-kettle was presently steaming like an engine, and an extra large drawing of tea was steeping on the hearth.

The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.

[A]ll politics is local and Kerry North is more local than most. In the electorate, the view is that Mr Ferris got in because . . . he has been an assiduous local councillor and constituency worker, painstakingly building up a formidable Sinn Fein machine that has delivered on local issues.

His company catered our wedding.